Shoot, I guess I'll have to tell that to all my in focus photos I took from 1990 to 1997. :-)
If there's one thing this list seems to have the propensity for, it's arguing about the right way to do something when there is more than one right way. What does anyone care if I like split prism screens for focusing? And what do I care if you don't? :-) Tom C. >From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Katz Eye Split prism screen >Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:49:36 -0400 > >Split images are less accurate with wider lenses, the shift is smaller and >aligning less precise. No split image is dead-on accurate and if that's a >requirement, a matte screen and a magnifier are the way to go. > >-Adam > > >Bob Blakely wrote: > > If you have a split image scree that is not dead on accurate, you have >an > > improperly designed and/or manufactured screen. It would mean that the > > center line where the prisms cross is not in the same plane as the >ground > > glass's frost. FYI, I believe they are "optical" plastic now. > > > > Regards, > > Bob... > > -------------------------------------------------------- > > "Art is not a reflection of reality. it is the reality of a reflection." > > -Jean Luc Godard > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > >> Just to give the other point of view, I hate split image focusing >devices. > >> To me > >> they are annoying, right in the middle of the picture where I want to >see > >> what I > >> am looking at, and they are not as accurate as you guys seem to think >they > >> are. > >> Plain ground glass with grid is my choice. It is interesting how many > >> folks do > >> not trust their eye. > > > > > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
