Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> On Oct 24, 2007, at 9:37 AM, graywolf wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> In my opinion that is because they do not know how
to focus a
>> ground glass
>> image. The trick is to trust that first instant
when the imagae
>> snaps into
>> focus. If you start fiddling the focus back and
forth your eye has
>> time to try
>> to adjust itself, and you will never get right. I
have always found
>> that I get a
>> higher percentage of properly focused images that
way than I do
>> with autofocus.
>> That method has a couple of other advantages; it is
very quick, and
>> you can
>> focus anywhere on the screen.
>
> I've replaced split image rangefinder focusing screens
with a plain
> matte focusing screen in virtually every SLR I've owned
since 1968
> for exactly the same reason. I don't even like too many
scribe
> markings near the center of the focusing screen, they
get in the way.
>
> Godfrey
>
Ditto.
-Adam
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