Amita asked:
> AG> Am I the only person here who has a hard time focusing manually with the
> AG> istD's matte screen? I rarely get it right, but could that be because
> AG> I've only had the camera for a couple of months? I do just fine with my
> AG> older cameras and my ZX-50.
>
and Bruce replie
To adjust the diopter:
Point the camera at something moderately bright that has noting to focus on. A
evenly lite wall works well.
Adjust the diopter until the viewfinder screen, not the wall looks sharp.
Luckily modern cameras always seem to have all kinds of distracting things on
them to focu
In fact the first time it goes sharp is the sharpest focus you are going to get.
The reason for that is because at the same time you are fiddling with the focus,
your eye is also fiddling with its focus trying to get that blurry image sharp.
By the time you have rocked through the focus point se
Does anyone here have a high end Canon or Nikon (like a D2H or a 1D II)?
I suspect that these AF systems are much better and may lead to more of
a "fire and forget" mentality with a little practice. I MF a lot on my
*ist D since I have some A lenses I really like, but when I do use AF I
always us
Just out of curiouslity, does the focus hexagon appear when you think
its in focus?
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8/1/2004 12:37:27 AM >>>
> MF for landscapes, probably
> pre-focussed MF for many sports and full MF for portraits
> too. Gotta get those eyes sharp, sayeth all the masters.
Am I the only
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From: "Amita Guha"
Subject: RE: To AF or not to AF: was Re: Film vs Digita, was: lRe:
Pentax is Dying?
> > MF for landscapes, probably
> > pre-focussed MF for many sports and full MF for portraits
> > too. Gotta get those eyes sharp, sa
Hmmm, I focus manually about 95% of the time. I have no problems at
all with the matte screen. Wonder what the difference is? What
lenses are you using? I wonder if the speed of the lenses has any
impact?
Bruce
Saturday, July 31, 2004, 9:37:27 PM, you wrote:
>> MF for landscapes, probably
> MF for landscapes, probably
> pre-focussed MF for many sports and full MF for portraits
> too. Gotta get those eyes sharp, sayeth all the masters.
Am I the only person here who has a hard time focusing manually with the
istD's matte screen? I rarely get it right, but could that be because
I'v
But even the 99% using an AF camera with good or great lens get it wrong
more often than not. I have a number of shots taken by friends and
relatives, waiters and fellow tourists, etc., with my AF cameras where they
haven't realised that, if you AF on a space between your real subjects,
you're not
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