Yeah I guess you're right. Those millions of SLR's sold with split prism screens in the 60's, 70's, 80's all had them for no good reason.
Tom C. >From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >Subject: Re: Katz Eye Split prism screen >Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:37:23 -0400 > >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. > >In my opinion that is because they do not know how to focus a ground glass >image. The trick is to trust that first instant when the imagae snaps into >focus. If you start fiddling the focus back and forth your eye has time to >try >to adjust itself, and you will never get right. I have always found that I >get a >higher percentage of properly focused images that way than I do with >autofocus. >That method has a couple of other advantages; it is very quick, and you can >focus anywhere on the screen. > > > >Tom C wrote: > > I 3rd or 4th it. I've missed the split prism screen since my MX. It >would > > appear that when AF came along, it was arbitrarily decided that a >focusing > > aid for manual focus was no longer important. > > > > I used to, when starting out, take a steak knife with me and jam it in >the > > ground, wherever, at the point I wanted critical focus. I'd then use >the > > split screen to get it razor sharp. > > > > No need to ruin a shot because of missed focus. We're all fallible. > > > > Tom C. > > > > > >> From: "Steve Desjardins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > >> To: <pdml@pdml.net> > >> Subject: Re: Katz Eye Split prism screen > >> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:26:17 -0400 > >> > >> Me too. I have a few MF lenses I really like and that Matte screen is > >> lacking. Either that or my eyes are. > >> > >>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/23/2007 3:59 PM >>> > >> In a message dated 10/23/2007 10:04:47 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> My Katz Eye Split prism screen just arrived. I'll install it in my > >> backup > >> K10D tonight and give you a report after a couple of days of playing > >> with > >> it. and comparing it to the main. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Bob... > >> > >> =========== > >> I would be interested, now the price is down, I've been eyeing the > >> K10D. And > >> I want a split screen too. > >> > >> Marnie aka Doe :-) > >> > >> --------------------------------------------- > >> Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ************************************** See what's new at > >> http://www.aol.com > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> PDML@pdml.net > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > >> follow the directions. > >> > >> !SIG:471e544485184412021166! > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> PDML@pdml.net > >> 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 >PDML@pdml.net >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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
