On Mon, 30 Apr 2007, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> I never liked microprism focusing aids very much. The Pentax
> Spotmatic had a good viewfinder, regardless, although not quite as
> good as the Nikon F I bought in 1969, which had a type A screen as
> standard (plain matte fresnel with central split-image) and replaced
> it with an E screen almost immediately (plain matte fresnel with
> 'thirds' horizontal/vertical reference scribings). That remains my
> favorite focusing surface today.
I never liked them until I got some fast glass. For anything
slower than 2.8 or so, they're not much use as they *always* seem somewhat
dark. YMMV
-Cory
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