Tom, Note I never said that you can't take in focus images with a split image screen. You are responding to something I didn't say.
I said they're less accurate for wide lenses, and dead-on focus merits a matte screen and a magnifier (LF technique in other words). Of course, with 35mm, dead-on focus is only really an issue for macro work, which often involves... magnifiers to determine critical focus. -Adam Tom C wrote: > 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.
