> > From: "E.R.N. Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/02/02 Thu AM 12:32:17 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: MX screen in my istD > > Tomasz Machnik wrote: > > > > > > > Powell Hargrave wrote: > > > >> If you move your eye off centre the prism can black out. Wouldn't this > >> happen if you move the prism off centre? > > > > > > You're right. I am over-enthusiastic :) > > > > tm > > > > > > > Well, I tried cutting down an LX screen for my *istD last night. > I got it to fit inside the camera. > The split-image focusing aid was slightly off-centre (a little higher > than the centre AF light). It didn't black out when I tried to use it > though. > Got nice and close to my keyboard with an f/1.7 lens ... focused nicely > on the word "Enter" on my Enter key ... took the picture ... > The "Enter is SO not in focus in the image. As a matter of fact you > can't read it. I do have some keys nice and sharp in the picture, but > not the one that was sharpest in the viewfinder. > Put back the original screen, focused on "Enter" and that's what was > sharp in the image. But my replacement-screen experiment was definitely > a failure.
When you do this it is important to put the modified screen in the right way up. Sounds to me like you had it the wrong way round. I don't think there could be any other explanation. m ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
