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Dear All, I have a feeling that my Ikoflex IIA is not focusing to infinity. Because the throw of the focus wheel from 48 -> Infinity is small, I want to be sure that this is a genuine concern. I had a few questions. I would greatly appreciate your insights! 1. Is there a good way to make sure of the issue? There is no movement of the focus wheel past infinity, and focusing on clouds feels like I could use "jussst a bit more" movement in the focus wheel. Does trying to focus on stars work? Its been a while since we had clear nights. Any non-star options? 2. Is it possible to read off the distance at which the camera is focused from the Depth of Field scale, printed around the focusing wheel? For example, after fully rotating the focus wheel for focus at infinity, my infinity point in the DOF scale does not ever hit the 'center' mark of the DOF scale, it stops a bit before it, but then I am not sure if the center mark refers to the distance at which we are focused. 3. To make sure the ground glass and focusing screens of the IIA are assembled properly, could you let me know (a) the correct order of the ground glass and the focusing screen, and (b) what sides of the ground glass and focusing screen should face the mirror? I hope I am using the terminology correctly. 🙂 Thank you very much!

Thank you @rodeo_joe! I continued playing with the zoom duplicator with DIY modifcations. I just wasn't getting sharp enough shots. Last week, I decided to take the macro route on my old 2010 APS-C Canon T2i DSLR. I coupled a few extension tubes with the 18-55 kit lens, placed the film on the film holder, and took shots of it backlit by a cheapo lightbox. Extremely happy with this setup and I don't foresee buying a dedicated scanner. Thank you all for your help!

Hello Everyone, Long time reader, first time posting. First, I must thank the Photo.net community for all the helpful posts it has generated! I just started 35mm film photography myself and developed my first roll of film. I got curious by the several threads on Photo.net and over at DPreview on slide duplicators / reversers for film scanning with a camera, so I purchased the Ohnar 1:2 Zoom duplicator. Unfortunately, its front stage appears to only accept 2x2 mounted slides, and not really a generic film holder (like this one built for dedicated scanners). All my negatives are cut in 6-piece strips and are stored in sleeves. So I am wondering if there exists any film strip holder measuring 2" along the short side, and also sufficiently thin so that the negative stays in focus for the duplicator. In general, I am also wondering how users of such equipment scan strips of negatives. Thank you! PS: I did come across the ES-1 / ES-2 kits from Nikon, but I would like to start off with something cheaper for now.