Checking and Resetting the Flange Focal Depth
To ensure the best possible image quality and the reliability of the engraved scale when setting focus with the aid of a tape measure, it is imperative that the flange focal depth of the camera be very accurately set with the aid of a depth measuring micrometer.
The correct flange focal depth setting of all PANAVISION cameras is 2.2488 ±.0001", 57.1195mm.
The only accurate method of checking the flange focal depth of a PANAFLEX camera is by the use of a depth gage and a special steel plate which is held against the camera aperture plate in place of the film. By comparison an auto-collimator is a comparatively inaccurate instrument which may give incorrect settings because it cannot make allowance ...
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