51? Just a baby ;-)
For me at 63, things keep getting darker, and darker and darker... those old cones and rods at the back of the eyeball just aren't what they used to be. Accordingly, one has a more difficult time working with a dim viewfinder, (Canon and Nikon for example) and in general, seeing in the dark, (why so many older drivers won't drive at night).
If I drive down to Cape Cod to do some shooting in the winter, I have to bring a younger person, (55-ish) along to drive us home. This is because part of the mid-cape highway is only two lanes, no highway lights and with folks behind you who want to travel at 65+ mph in those conditions. I can't see well far enough at night, to drive fast enough to keep them happy, and there isn't a second lane to use instead.
Jim, "I used to drive fast" Hemenway
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Mar 28, 2005, at 8:14 AM, Jim Hemenway wrote:
You're still a young man... I predict that you'll want a split image wedge on all of your cameras for manual focusing 20+- years from now when prespyopia catches up with you. :-)
Having said that, the isDS viewfinder is as bright as that of my Leica R8 and I don't have all that much trouble focusing either camera.
LOL ... I'm glad you think so. I'll be 51 in August. To many of my friends, I'm the old farte... ;-)
I have worn glasses with a fairly heavy correction since I was in 4th grade, tho. My vision is better today than it was 30 years ago because the glasses' corrections are more accurate. I don't find it difficult to focus an SLR at all, and particularly not the *ist DS.
Godfrey
