Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/24

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Ground glass (vs rfdr)
From: n.b.watson@juno.com (Nigel B Watson)
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 12:51:15 EST

This backout mostly happens with macro and telephoto lenses...even in
daylight.  The rangefinder/microprism screens *are* a distraction, no
doubt about that...however they do offer a bit of help focussing
wide-angle lenses.  The screens in the F-series Nikons are so numerous,
specialised and easy to change (remove the prism, pop out/in the
screen...compared to those which insert through the lensmount with
tweezers) that I always carried an assortment in my bag...until the F5
which has only one screen that shows the active focus/spotmeter area and
they've no plans to rectify that. There must be a defector from the Leica
school of "have it *our* way" in their design department

Regards,
Nigel

On Thu, 24 Dec 1998 11:16:54 -0600 "Bill Christensen"
<kangwei@interaccess.com> writes:
><snip>  One of the best
>advantages is that the so-called focusing aids - split image and bead 
>- are
>eliminated.  For me, they only distract from image composition and go 
>dark
>in low light shooting.

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