Now that is brilliant! I'm enjoying using the Haoda screen in my 10D
and found that I do get a red flash on the split line for focus
confirmation with AF lenses (nothing with manual lenses of course)
but it blacks out early. No hope with my Tammie 500mm f8.
AndrewF
On 21/08/2005, at 3:59 AM, Walt Wayman wrote:
> Now, down to the nitty-gritty. My screen is the new "Plus"
> version, about which Katz Eye claims that the split prism won't
> black out when the lens is stopped down beyond f/5.6. I have only
> three lenses that slow at maximum aperture: 400/6.3 and 500/8
> Zuikos and a 1250/10 Celestron. The first lens I tried, and the
> one I was most interested in seeing if it could be used without
> black-out, was the 500/8. No -- I repeat -- no blackout
> whatsoever, even in deep shade, making focusing of this lens more
> precise and easy than with a plain matte screen.
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