Kaidan V1.4 manual What is it and how do I find it?

Nodal Point (continued)

What is it and how do I find it?

comes to the Fore-Aft adjustment, you won’t be able to look through the viewfi nder to determine the proper setting since the viewfi nder is a separate optical path that doesn’t really “see” the same image as the film.

Instead, you’ll have to start with the bracket all the way to the front and take pairs of test shots. Each pair will have the vertically aligned objects in the left and then the right side of the viewfi nder. After each pair of photos, slide the bracket rearward and repeat the process. Slide the bracket the same increment each time (i.e. 10mm). Be sure to record the scale setting for each pair of images. Process the fi lm, or in the case of digital cameras, download the images to your computer.

At the end of this process you will be able locate the pair of images with the least relative movement. If no single image is optimum, you may need to interpolate between two images to find the closest value.