>
> On 10 May 2001, at 20:35, Ray Moth wrote:
>
> > don't think that's right. AFAIK, your eye has to focus on the image
formed
> > on a ground glass screen. This is normally at an optical distance of
about
> > 2 metres (I think) from the eye....
to which Chris O'Neill answered:
> That's one helluva loooooong viewfinder! :-) I think you meant 2
> centimenters ('bout an inch) instead of 2 meters ('bout 7 feet)... right?
> <Grin!>
No, it's *apparent* distance. Your eyes are tricked into believing that they
are looking at a huge focusing screen ca. 2 meters away, I think. I could
explain it a lot better in Icelandic, but you'd probably just say "eh?". <g>
Arni
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