I called it by the wrong name. The one I was refering to in rangefinder cameras is the one where you superimpose two images to attain focus.
Len --- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 2:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Split Image Or Not Split Image Len wrote: With rangefinder cameras, it's a bit different, the rangefinder can be much more accurate than any split image screen in an SLR. Furthermore, it retains its accuracy with all of the lenses that can be used directly on the camera, and is totally independent of focal length and aperture. Len, It's been shown that, on average, coincident-image rangefinders are more precise than split-image rangefinders at focal lengths up to about 85mm. Longer than that, the SLR's split image is more precise. I think I've read this twice: once on the Web and once in a column on rangefinders by a now-deceased columnist of the old Modern Photography or Popular Photography--Nathan Rothchild, or some such name. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
