Those funny bracket thingies are also good for lining up multi exposures to be combined into panoramas.
Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christian Skofteland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 7:56 PM Subject: Re: SMCT 85 struggling on *istD? > focusing aids? YOU use focusing aids? ;-) I always preferred matte screens > in my manual focus bodies. In the MX I had a matte screen with cross-hairs. > In the LX I had the grid screen (kept those pesky landscapes level and > helped with my crappy composition-abilities). Split-image thingies never > worked for me. They always seemed blacked-out and I could never get them to > line up or whatever they were supposed to do. Therefore, using the D was > like focusing the LX. It even has those funny bracket-thingies to help line > up compositions. AF still screws me up (the D is my first-ever AF body) so > I hardly use it. I'm just so used to manual focus! > > Christian Skofteland > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 7:21 PM > Subject: Re: SMCT 85 struggling on *istD? > > > > I understood (and recall from looking) that the viewfinders > > on AF cameras don't have focusing aids, like the screens in > > the LX, et al, and therefore aren't as good for manual > > focusing. Can't recall a single AF viewfinder that had such > > aids. > > > > Christian wrote: > > > > > > The VF in the ist-D is surprisingly good. I had an LX before the D and > was > > > pretty spoiled (by 35mm standards). Compare the D to the Olympus E-1 or > > > Nikon D-100 and the D is the big winner. > > > > > > With a bright lens like the 85/1.8, it's gotta be operator error because > I > > > have no problems focusing the D with a 300/4 with a 2x TC... and my > eyes > > > are bad! > > > > > > Christian > >
