They sold billions of plastic cameras with a single element lens too. So what is your point?
In the case of my MX's back then they sold them with a split image screen so they could sell me a plain ground glass screen for another $35. Tom C wrote: > 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.
