On 28/3/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >I know others love these focusing screens, but I always replaced them >with plain matte fresnel screens on my SLRs in the past. The prism >rangefinder aids are not accurate for critical focus although they're >useful for getting focus into the ballpark quickly with short focal >length lenses.
Same here - I replaced every split-image screen I ever had in my MXs and LX - with plain matte and fresnel spot. My 1D has a plain screen which I was going to replace with a matte+fresnel spot until I realised that I would then have to use centre-weighted metering instead of the evaluative metering system which I find has been completely faultless. Focussing the A*85mm using a plain screen is no chore at all. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________
