focusing aids? YOU use focusing aids? ;-) I always preferred matte screens in my manual focus bodies. In the MX I had a matte screen with cross-hairs. In the LX I had the grid screen (kept those pesky landscapes level and helped with my crappy composition-abilities). Split-image thingies never worked for me. They always seemed blacked-out and I could never get them to line up or whatever they were supposed to do. Therefore, using the D was like focusing the LX. It even has those funny bracket-thingies to help line up compositions. AF still screws me up (the D is my first-ever AF body) so I hardly use it. I'm just so used to manual focus!
Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 7:21 PM Subject: Re: SMCT 85 struggling on *istD? > I understood (and recall from looking) that the viewfinders > on AF cameras don't have focusing aids, like the screens in > the LX, et al, and therefore aren't as good for manual > focusing. Can't recall a single AF viewfinder that had such > aids. > > Christian wrote: > > > > The VF in the ist-D is surprisingly good. I had an LX before the D and was > > pretty spoiled (by 35mm standards). Compare the D to the Olympus E-1 or > > Nikon D-100 and the D is the big winner. > > > > With a bright lens like the 85/1.8, it's gotta be operator error because I > > have no problems focusing the D with a 300/4 with a 2x TC... and my eyes > > are bad! > > > > Christian
