Well, maybe it's just me but when I look through my older MF cameras like the 645 it's much easier to tell if the image is actually in focus. The focusing screens seemed better, not mention the split prism stuff. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of looking through my MX to confirm this. Sigh. What a great viewfinder.
>>> Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/16/2007 2:30 PM >>> On Oct 16, 2007, at 11:12 AM, Lucas Rijnders wrote: >>>> I shoot. So I'd like to have the option to turn shaft drive on and >>>> off. That way I can hear whether or not the lenses focuses. > >>> There used to be a 'focus confirmation beep', at least on the film >>> SLR's. Is it gone? > >> Oh, that is the first thing I turn off on every camera. I would >> rather >> miss the shot of a lifetime than have tolisten to beeps. > > So do I (it's more of a 'You just changed the batteries' beep to > me), but > it'd solve your problem... Generally I find beeps and other artificial camera sounds distracting so I turn them off. However, if I need some way for the camera to inform me that it's locked focus when my eye is not at the viewfinder, or I cannot see the focus on screen or the indicator light, I turn on the focus confirmation beep. But this all seems so ridiculous. I mean, heck, if you're looking through the viewfinder and you can't see whether the image is in focus, why bother with an SLR? Are you that dependent upon auto focus systems? Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. !SIG:47150370112741195018614! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
