Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/08

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Subject: [Leica] DMR+Leica R versus Canon+R Adapter
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 15:29:09 -0500
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On Jul 8, 2013, at 3:25 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:

> A number of shooters on the Pentax forum swapped out their Pentax screens 
> for Katz Eye screens, and found them easier to use for manual focusing. I 
> had to swap out my Sony screen with one with a split image center to help 
> facilitate focusing with a 35/1.4 Samyang/Rokinon manual focus lens.

At the moment we're discussing the Electronic View Finder on the M240

(as an aside - I've tried 2 different 3rd party screens in my 5D
with only the slightest improvement over the original screen;
neither made it a "pleasure" to view and focus manually;
while the R8 is always a pleasure to view and focus)

Regards,
George Lottermoser 
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
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