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Subject: [OM] Re: Manual Focusing Issues with DSLRs?
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:26:44 -0400
Thanks for the link.  That was a good read.  I'll have to spend some 
more time with my 5D f/2.8 manual focus screen and do some comparisons 
which I have neglected to do so far.

Chuck Norcutt

Curt & Sally Hedman wrote:
> I came across this article:
> 
> http://www.jayandwanda.com/photography/dslr_man_focus/man_focus.html
> 
> Which talks about how modern DSLR focusing screens are not the best 
> for focusing manual lenses. Can anyone support or refute this idea? I 
> have been having some trouble with manual focusing on my DSLR (not an 
> Olympus), and have been thinking about trying a Katz Eye screen, with 
> a more traditional split image/microprism/ground glass 
> configuration... anyone have any experience with the Katz Eye 
> product? I tried searching the digest archives, but all I got was 
> "non-existent page" outcomes... from what I can tell, I will be 
> trading a little screen brightness for improved focus accuracy, which 
> seems like a good trade to me.
> 
> Curt

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