Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:26 AM 7/24/96 -0700, you wrote: >Won't argue that focusing *should* be easier because of the brighter >viewfinder. Obviously, technology now allows the use of much better mirror >silvering techniques. But here I go again, today's Canon EOS1n finder is >equally bright compared to its technology peer the R series, IMO. One thing I've learned is that brighter is not always better. First of all, I found that even thought My old Leica R4s benefitted from the brighter R5 screens, my focusing accuracy didn't increase as much as I would have thought. And with my EOS1n, I had to put in a different screen, with split-image and microprism before I could focus at all with my 70-200 2.8 lens. Now that it's a bit darker, which actually gives it more contrast, I can actually see to manually focus. Before, forget it with fast moving sports. So if you have a bright screen, and find it difficult to focus, it may not be you! =================== Eric Welch Grants Pass (OR) Daily Courier NPPA Region 11 JIB chair Don't take life too seriously, you won't get out alive.