I suppose they were deemed less important with the advent of auto-focus.
Tom C.
From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Pentax announcement (rumors fulfilled)
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 09:38:56 -0700
I'm with Jack on this one. I always have liked split image screens and
miss them as most cameras come without them now. There was times I would
go get a steak knife and place it in the same plane as my subject, turn it
on edge, walk back and focus on it, then remove it from the scene.
Seems a little silly now, but focus was pretty accurate.
Tom C.
From: Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Pentax announcement (rumors fulfilled)
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 06:26:00 -0800 (PST)
Humm.. Just to add to the record, I've ALWAYS felt the split image
focusing feature to be extremely precise and a distinct advantage.
When I do a MF shot with my AF, I tend feel somewhat insecure.
Jack
--- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Feb 23, 2006, at 6:05 PM, Juan Buhler wrote:
>
> > A manual focus camera would include some focusing aid that is not
> > common in an AF one, like a split image prism of something like
> that.
>
> Funny, but I've always replaced the standard focusing screens in all
>
> my manual focus SLRs with a plain matte fresnel focusing screen (with
>
> scribed H and V reference grid). Those darn focusing aids get in the
>
> way for me.
>
> AF SLR screens are cleaner, in general, and less annoying. ;-)
>
> Godfrey
>
>
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