Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim Brick wrote: > > I don't remember Leica saying anything about different lenses with > different screens. But the screens with a center split image are maddening! > I cannot fathom their usefulness. You are trying to compose this scene, but > there is a big glitch, right in the middle, that screws up your view. And, > with long lenses, the little split image prisms go black, further screwing > up the composition. Even with short lenses, using DOF preview, they go > black. You cannot use these lousy screens with DOF preview. I use DOF > preview with at least 75% of my Leica R photographs. 100% with MF and LF > images. > > I guess you can tell that I don't like anything except a smooth, plain, > ground glass. Grid lines are OK. You get the whole, unadulterated, view. > And can check DOF without interference. > > Jim It was probably a Nikon description with all their screens. I used the E screens which has no split image but does have an overall widely spaced architectural grid as I seem to have had a shoulder always droop on me. A hook. It was AF that made me realize that with viewfinders as bright as they are now I really didn't need the split image anymore. mark