I fully concur with Ulf on the 2-4 - absolutely the best value for
money upgrade you can do IMO.
For me, apart from making everything brighter in the viewfinder, more
fine grain detail is visible in subjects which combines with the
brightness to make focusing easier.
Using the same setup as Ulf, I have been astounded at the difference
the 2-4 makes.
I would like to put in a plug for its use with fast lenses also. I
wish I had had mine when I did a shoot at a wedding when the guests
were ouside in very dim lighting. Focusing was very difficult, even
with a 50mm f1.2. The 50mm f1.2 + 2-4 is a dream combination as the
viewfinder is nearly as bright as viewing the subject directly.
I am puzzled that I have not seen anyone else comment on how out of
focus images on the 2-4 are patterned and sort of shimmer if the
camera is moved and that this dissapears as the image is brought into
focus. The effect is hard to describe but is akin to a microprism
collar, though the 'snap into focus' effect is less pronounced.
Giles
> Steve Schaffner wrote:
>
> >Dumb question time again. My OM4T has whatever default screen it came
> >with, back in the mid to late 80's when I bought it (split image +
> >wholly useless microprism ring(*)
>
> Agree.
>
> >+ matte elsewhere). I hear, every
> >now and then, about the bold new world of bright screens, and wonder
> >what I'm missing. Is the 2-13 a brighter screen?
>
> Oh Yes.
>
> >How does it compare
> >with the Beattie screens?
>
> Don't know.
>
> >Will getting one make my life complete, and
> >give me a glossy coat and sweet breath?
>
> In short: YES!
>
> > What exactly will it do?
>
>
> If you're using slow lenses as 4.5, 5.6, 6.3 etc the benefit is enormous. If
> you have 2.0 lenses the benefits are not so great. One member of this list
> also complained about the difficulty when using slow wide-angles. I
> personally prefer the 2-4 without anything at all in the middle, always
> center focusing your subjects is a beginners sin in photography and this
> screen helps you avoiding that.
> But these matters tend to be very personal, what works for one user might
> not work for another. IMO these screens are the most important thing I've
> purchased the last years. I'm regularly using the 300/4.5 with 1.4X, for
> birdphotography and with newer batter and faster films I can get results I
> couldn't dream of at the time when the camera (OM4Ti) was introduced!
> Macro-work also becomes a breeze.
>
> Cheers
> Ulf Westerberg
>
> >
> >
> >(*) I have found objects, here and there, that I could actually focus on
> >using the microprism. But for some reason they were never objects I
> >wanted to take pictures of.
> >
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Steve Schaffner
>
>
>
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