[Leica] Olympus 510 and Leica R 28-70 zoom

[Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)]

Hi Doug:

Thanks for that interesting information.

I still find the R8, isDS and K10D very easy to focus manually compared 
to the E-510.

Jim


wildlightphoto@earthlink.net wrote:

> Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>B.D. told me that the E3 has a much brighter screen 
> 
> 
> Brighter isn't necessarily easier to focus.  One of the brightest SLR 
> viewscreens ever made was in the Leicaflex Standard, which is virtually 
> impossible to focus outside the central microprism area because it's 
> essentially an aerial image.  This is where AF SLR viewscreens have gone 
> to compensate for the AF system's appetite for viewing system light.
> 
> 
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> 
> 
> 
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