On Mon, 13 Nov 2006, Pawel Bartuzi wrote:
> Well, I admit I don't practice focusing as much as I used to several
> years ago, however I find that I often take out of focus photos where I
> have plenty of time for focusing the lens and am pretty sure focus will
> be OK - and it isn't.
>
> I checked Katz Eye website and their prices are not very affordable for
> me at the moment, so if there is no other, cheaper alternative I suppose
> practice is what I am left with. :-)
>
I, too, felt the same way. I was happy about a year ago when they
announced that they were going to support the Pentax line with split-prism
focus screens, but disappointed when I found out that they were going to
be $130 or whatever.
I bought an old, used, Minolta split prism focus screen from a
local camera shop for $5. After about 45 minutes of extremely careful
sanding, I got it to fit the APS-sized screen in my *ist-DS. I've been
using it ever since and can completely nail the focus on such
time-independent careful shots. Shots on the fly or of motion still
require the practice... :)
-Cory
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