Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Julian: Sorry, you are right, the split image circles sometimes black out with long lenses. I haven't noticed that it happens with the VE f4 80/200 zoom, but then again I've only shot a couple of rolls of film using that lens. It used to happen with my Nikon FAs all the time, so I did put a plain screen in one of them for use with the long lenses. Jim http://www.hemenway.com Julian Koplen wrote: > > My eyes are not only very old, but also require a marked plus 4 to 4.5 > correction for far vision--oh, and for astigmatism. My only "conflict" is > that the split image circles act like center field blindness with the 400mm > f6.8 and, if I remember correctly, weren't so great with the 180 f3.4. I > thought the central prism circle would be a reasonable compromise. What the > heck. I already own two R8 focusing screens. Why not buy a third? > > Julian - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html