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<blockquote data-quote="Bob Blaylock" data-source="post: 807032" data-attributes="member: 16749">Final entry, this level all put back together.&nbsp; I ended up focus-stacking several shots using an old version of Franzis FOCUS Tools Pro, and I liked the result using its “Depth Fog” effect.&nbsp; It's not what I originally had in mind, but I rather like this sort of old, gloomy-looking result that I managed to create.&nbsp; I used my ancient 1972 50mm ƒ/1.4 lens, wide open.&nbsp; Alas, it's going to take quite a bit more work to restore this level into a usable working tool.&nbsp; Several days soaking in Kroil have completely failed to loosen the horizontal adjusting screw.&nbsp; The vertical adjusting screw works fine, but the vertical level is far enough out of whack that the screw doesn't have the range to correct it.&nbsp; I'll have to do look into more drastic ways to get the vertical level close to correct, so that it can then be adjusted in from there.&nbsp; I'll probably want to seek out some more appropriate slot-head screws.&nbsp; The Phillips-head screws are not period-correct; Phillips screws having come into being in the 1930s, and this level cannot possibly be any newer than very early 1920s, and is most likely much older than that (I'm thinking late 19th century).&nbsp; The bright, shiny new brass screws kind of clash with the over-a-century-old patina of the brass parts that they are holding in place, but I can probably find a way to artificially tarnish new brass to look more like old brass.[ATTACH=full]392743[/ATTACH]&nbsp; EXIF data are in the attached file ZSC_7115-7121_Fog_G5177x3200.exif.txt</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bob Blaylock, post: 807032, member: 16749"] Final entry, this level all put back together. I ended up focus-stacking several shots using an old version of Franzis FOCUS Tools Pro, and I liked the result using its “Depth Fog” effect. It's not what I originally had in mind, but I rather like this sort of old, gloomy-looking result that I managed to create. I used my ancient 1972 50mm ƒ/1.4 lens, wide open. Alas, it's going to take quite a bit more work to restore this level into a usable working tool. Several days soaking in Kroil have completely failed to loosen the horizontal adjusting screw. The vertical adjusting screw works fine, but the vertical level is far enough out of whack that the screw doesn't have the range to correct it. I'll have to do look into more drastic ways to get the vertical level close to correct, so that it can then be adjusted in from there. I'll probably want to seek out some more appropriate slot-head screws. The Phillips-head screws are not period-correct; Phillips screws having come into being in the 1930s, and this level cannot possibly be any newer than very early 1920s, and is most likely much older than that (I'm thinking late 19th century). The bright, shiny new brass screws kind of clash with the over-a-century-old patina of the brass parts that they are holding in place, but I can probably find a way to artificially tarnish new brass to look more like old brass. [ATTACH type="full"]392743[/ATTACH] EXIF data are in the attached file ZSC_7115-7121_Fog_G5177x3200.exif.txt [/QUOTE]

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