On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > Interesting, because I found the screens that came with my Pentaxes nearly > useless for manual focusing.
The standard Pentax DSLR screens are optimized for brightness, not manual focusing contrast. I fitted my *ist DS with a customized Katz Eye screen (no focusing aids) and it was much easier to focus with. >> The EVF in the G1 is no exception, except that it makes nailing >> critical manual focus even easier than any of the optical reflex >> focusing systems I've used. > > Interestingly I found that manual focus on my FZ-50 to be nearly impossible > to get right. Comparing the FZ50 EVF to that of the G1 is like comparing a 9-inch color television tube screen from 1976 with a modern 42" LCD flat panel television display. Never mind that the FZ50's teensy little chip makes for massive amounts of DoF anywhere but at pretty long telephoto settings ... ]'-) And with that said, I used to use the FZ10 with it's even lower resolution EVF using manual focus quite a lot, and was pretty successful at it. EG: http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/IoM-4/PoA-lighthouse-0730usFR.jpg Point of Ayre Lighthouse, Isle of Man © 2004 by Godfrey DiGiorgi Captured with Panasonic FZ10, tripod mounted ISO 50 @ f/5.7 @ 1/800sec, f=24.8mm (4.1x, 145mm equiv 135) AE-Program: compensation -0.3EV Of course, I couldn't photograph birds in flight with it very well ... the FZ10 EVF's refresh was so slow that most birds in flight simply disappeared! -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.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.
