Split images are less accurate with wider lenses, the shift is smaller and aligning less precise. No split image is dead-on accurate and if that's a requirement, a matte screen and a magnifier are the way to go.
-Adam Bob Blakely wrote: > If you have a split image scree that is not dead on accurate, you have an > improperly designed and/or manufactured screen. It would mean that the > center line where the prisms cross is not in the same plane as the ground > glass's frost. FYI, I believe they are "optical" plastic now. > > Regards, > Bob... > -------------------------------------------------------- > "Art is not a reflection of reality. it is the reality of a reflection." > -Jean Luc Godard > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> Just to give the other point of view, I hate split image focusing devices. >> To me >> they are annoying, right in the middle of the picture where I want to see >> what I >> am looking at, and they are not as accurate as you guys seem to think they >> are. >> Plain ground glass with grid is my choice. It is interesting how many >> folks do >> not trust their eye. > > -- 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.
