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110A/B PACKFILM CONVERSION: RESET INFINITY Search … SEARCH

The first step to getting the rangefinder adjusted is to make sure that infinity according to the focus
knob is actually on point. The Steps
When you pull out the lensboard it locks into place. parts & labor (/how-to/110ab-
packfilm/parts/)
This stop is a small piece of metal held by 2 screws and 2 rivets.
what's needed to get the job done

Because the film plane has been moved back a few mm, this stop needs
basics of function (/how-
to move back as well.
to/110ab-packfilm/basics/)
Drill out the rivets and loosen the screws but don’t remove them. overview of how to use the lens and shutter

red arrows: remove rivets; blue

The lensboard will snap into the stop, and with loosened screws you can the model 160 (/how-to/110ab-
arrows: loosen screws to adjust
slide it back and forth to find the new infinity before locking the screws packfilm/model160/)
down. remove useless vintage roll-film parts;
finder
Grab yourself a tripod and some ground glass within an empty film
pack.
lensboard swap (/how-to/110ab-
packfilm/lensboard/)
If you don’t have any ground glass a piece of tracing paper taped
remove both lensboard assemblies
inside will work just fine, just make sure its flat and not wavy.
ready the body (/how-to/110ab-
packfilm/body/)
remove leather; cut the side
Set the camera up in a place where its darker than the thing you are focusing on. Out a window works
well. Find something at least 75ft away. Make sure the lensboard is locked into the stop and that you
ready the back (/how-to/110ab-

can move the stop easily back and forth. Also, make sure the focus knob is set all the way back to packfilm/back/)
fitting the packfilm back; odds n ends
infinity.

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 Insert your ground glass and, using a cable release to hold the shutter open at the BULB setting, move acquiring a 900 finder (/how-
the lensboard back and forth until the object is crisply focused on the ground glass. Screw down the to/110ab-
stop firmly. packfilm/900finder/)
removal & appropriation
Now that the film plane knows where infinity is, the rangefinder needs to know as well. To adjust it will
take a little more work. fitting the finder (/how-
to/110ab-
packfilm/fittingfinder/)
cut, fill, drill & fit

reset infinity (/how-to/110ab-

packfilm/infinity/)
setting focus stop & tweaking finder

finishing touches (/how-

to/110ab-
focus on straight lines; match finder to ground glass packfilm/finishing/)
back door, odds n ends
Point the rangefinder at something sharp and easy to focus at least 75ft away. Make sure the focus
completed (/how-to/110ab-
knob is set for infinity. If what you see in the rangefinder is not in focus, it can be adjusted.
packfilm/completed/)
admire the work

Be sure the brass focusing cam and the black arm of the mirror are
touching where the mark is on the brass.

The mirror has 2 screws on it. Blue arrow is horizontal movement, red
arrow is vertical movement.

blue arrow: horizontal; red While looking through the finder, turn the screws until the split-image is
arrow: vertical
correct.

If for some reason you can’t get it right, check to see if your mirror cam is not off somehow, the cam is
basically the focusing “curve” and if its off, so will be your focusing. The line etched into the brass piece
and the mirror should touch at infinity.

In the end, as long as you never have the aperture wide open, focus should be fine.

If you want 100% accuracy, test your focus on the ground glass vs the finder at different distances.

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