Christian wrote:
Graydon wrote:
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 03:15:24PM -0400, Christian scripsit:
Graydon wrote:
Which is certainly a good thing, but _how_? What about the matte
screen indicates that you're in focus, or the location of the plane
of focus, or similar?
Ummm, because the image in the viewfinder looks sharp? Your eye and
brain indicate that it's in focus sending a signal to your right index
finger to trip the shutter.
This is where I get into the potentially-defective-brain issues. [ ... ]
When I had an LX and a matte (grid) screen I guess my eyes and brain
agreed with nature on what was in focus. I never seemed to have the
trouble you seem to have and I guess I never really thought about it
too much either.
I also wear glasses and have calibrated the viewfinders of all my SLRs
to be pretty much perfect for me.
Hmmm... I always thought I had problems focusing just because I'm wear
glasses or contact lenses, but I there goes that theory...
I won't say I can't focus manually at all, but I certainly never
experience the "snap into focus" others are talking about. I mean, there
is always a certain point where I can tell that the image goes from
out-of-focus to sort of in focus, and one where it goes (completely) out
of focus again (if I keep turning the focus ring in the same direction),
but between those points there is always a certain area within which I
have a very hard time deciding where exactly the optimum focus setting
is. If you know what I mean...
I'm also find it hard do choose the appropriate step on on the
viewfinder focus setting (on the one body I have where there is actually
such a setting.)
I never tried a plain matte screen, tough, although I've attempted to
focus by looking through the matte area of matte and split image screens...
When I'm doing portraiture or landscapes, I use MF 90% of the time
(because my best portrait lenses are old m42 Taks) and have no trouble
getting it right with the stock screen in my (non-pentax) SLR.
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