This whole argument is nonsensical. All of us are prone to misfocus with and without a focusing aid because we're not robots. And even AF misfocuses. It's a preference.
My Brownie Hawkeye was always in focus. Also had a nice big negative and exposure was bangon 99% of the time. Tom C. >From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Katz Eye Split prism screen >Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:14:44 -0400 > >If your eye is exactly in the right place, and your lens is the right focal >length, and the f-stop is correct, then a split image rangefinder is fairly >accurate. Remember the offset is all but non-existent. It can not compare >in any >sense to a long base optical rangefinder, and compared to a ruler it is >problematic. I can say from personal experience that it is not accurate >enough >for an 85mm lens at 3 feet and f/2.0 when you want the subjects irises >razor >sharp every time. > > >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. -- 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.
