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Author Topic: proper focussing glases? Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 12-15-2009 11:30 AM                     What specs should good focussing glases have? I have trouble focussing CS on our 10m screen at 23m distance. I tried a common 8x25 binocular but that magnification seems to be too large, the image is too shaky and hard to get through the eyepiece. I would think that something around a 4* mag with a max possible opening would be best, am I right? - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 12-15-2009 12:02 PM                     Get you a 4X deer rifle scope...  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 12-15-2009 02:18 PM                     Hmm, we're in germany. Not to say we have no rifle scopes here, but, ya know, getting stuff like that is not so common here. I might still look them up on ebay. - Carsten  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 12-15-2009 02:21 PM                     An optometrist would help.  |  IP: Logged Cameron Glendinning Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 845 From: West Ryde, Sydney, NSW Australia Registered: Dec 2005 posted 12-15-2009 03:04 PM                     Yes see an optometrist first.  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 12-15-2009 04:16 PM                     Only through a rifle scope... - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 12-15-2009 09:21 PM                       These work pretty good...  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 12-17-2009 02:43 PM                        Tim, I've never seen anything like those -- are they easy to come by? (Where is this guy looking? I guess it's a Drive-In, eh? I've used binoculars, monoculars, the focusing tube on the Simplex XLs, and after carefully seriously evaluating all of them by having someone at the screen verify where I am when I say I think I am in focus, I am on the money when I use my own eyes. I can do as well if I use binoculars ON A STAND, but never as well with any of the hand-held aids. So if I get the best results with eyes alone, why bother with having to look thru anything? The Simplex projector mounted monocular would be ok as they are fixed, like binoculars attached to a stand, except that the optics are pretty crude and ruin contrast, likewise making them not as good as my eyes. I am 130 ft from the screen.  |  IP: Logged Robert Throop Master Film Handler Posts: 412 From: Vernon, NY USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-17-2009 05:23 PM                     Tim, Is that from "Silent Movie"? Bob  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 12-18-2009 01:58 PM                       Yes, that's the projection booth scene from Mel Brooks "Silent Movie". If you look closely, they're real Coke bottle bottoms.  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 12-19-2009 03:05 AM                     Okay rifle scopes might be a problem but CBBs should be available everywhere ;-) - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Paul J. Neuhaus Expert Film Handler Posts: 126 From: Iraq.. Again! Registered: Jun 2005 posted 12-21-2009 02:36 AM                     quote: Tim Reed Yes, that's the projection booth scene from Mel Brooks "Silent Movie". If you look closely, they're real Coke bottle bottoms. Ha!! Hillarious. I've seen that movie and never picked up on that! That's great.  |  IP: Logged

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