Thanks Godfrey. Valuable info MaritimTim
2008/5/28 Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > ON the DS, I found the screen quality not quite what I wanted for > manual focusing as, at the time I got it, I was using older manual > focus lenses more of the time. I wanted something with less clutter > and a better focusing surface. My custom scribe lines were more of a > "while I'm doing this anyway" kind of thing. > > I found the K10D screen to be as good for manual focusing as the > KatzEye was on the DS, and also found that since I was using more > recent, all AF lenses, that the additional markings for them were not > as much of a distraction. (I still manually focus about the same > amount of the time, but I often do so using the QS feature of the DA/ > DA* lenses rather than having to turn AF off.) > > I guess overall that by the time I had the K10D in my hands, it was > no longer a priority worth spending $100+ to change. > > Godfrey > > > On May 28, 2008, at 7:20 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote: > >> I remember you used it at the DS, and was happy with it. >> Why didn't you get a new one for the K10/20D? Any particular reason? >> >> MaritimTim >> >> 2008/5/28 Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> My custom screen for the *ist DS was made without focusing aid, >>> just a >>> few scribed lines for horizontal/vertical reference and framing. I >>> was >>> quite happy with it. > > > On May 28, 2008, at 6:50 AM, Axel Belinfante wrote: >> Did you get it to avoid clutter, >> or to improve ease of (manual?) focusing? >> >> I guess I'm echoing Tim here - wondering whether >> there is a difference between ease of manual focus on >> the matte of the Pentax and the KatzEye screens. >> > > -- > 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. > -- MaritimTim -- 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.
