Exactly my feelings as well. -- Bruce
Wednesday, October 24, 2007, 9:37:23 AM, you wrote: g> Just to give the other point of view, I hate split image focusing devices. To me g> they are annoying, right in the middle of the picture where I want to see what I g> am looking at, and they are not as accurate as you guys seem to think they are. g> Plain ground glass with grid is my choice. It is interesting how many folks do g> not trust their eye. g> In my opinion that is because they do not know how to focus a ground glass g> image. The trick is to trust that first instant when the imagae snaps into g> focus. If you start fiddling the focus back and forth your eye has time to try g> to adjust itself, and you will never get right. I have always found that I get a g> higher percentage of properly focused images that way than I do with autofocus. g> That method has a couple of other advantages; it is very quick, and you can g> focus anywhere on the screen. g> Tom C wrote: >> I 3rd or 4th it. I've missed the split prism screen since my MX. It would >> appear that when AF came along, it was arbitrarily decided that a focusing >> aid for manual focus was no longer important. >> >> I used to, when starting out, take a steak knife with me and jam it in the >> ground, wherever, at the point I wanted critical focus. I'd then use the >> split screen to get it razor sharp. >> >> No need to ruin a shot because of missed focus. We're all fallible. >> >> Tom C. >> >> >>> From: "Steve Desjardins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: Katz Eye Split prism screen >>> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:26:17 -0400 >>> >>> Me too. I have a few MF lenses I really like and that Matte screen is >>> lacking. Either that or my eyes are. >>> >>>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/23/2007 3:59 PM >>> >>> In a message dated 10/23/2007 10:04:47 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>> My Katz Eye Split prism screen just arrived. I'll install it in my >>> backup >>> K10D tonight and give you a report after a couple of days of playing >>> with >>> it. and comparing it to the main. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Bob... >>> >>> =========== >>> I would be interested, now the price is down, I've been eyeing the >>> K10D. And >>> I want a split screen too. >>> >>> Marnie aka Doe :-) >>> >>> --------------------------------------------- >>> Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ************************************** See what's new at >>> http://www.aol.com >>> >>> -- >>> 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:471e544485184412021166! >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> -- 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.
