Hi, > Same here - I replaced every split-image screen I ever had in my MXs and > LX - with plain matte and fresnel spot. My 1D has a plain screen which I > was going to replace with a matte+fresnel spot until I realised that I > would then have to use centre-weighted metering instead of the evaluative > metering system which I find has been completely faultless. Focussing the > A*85mm using a plain screen is no chore at all.
I put a plain matte into one camera, and use that just for long lenses (over 50mm). In the other cameras I use split-screens and dedicate them to wide and normal lenses. -- Cheers, Bob