My experience too - now with modern AF the problem is solved, the focus is calculated from the sensor ... Ph Le 7 juin 11 à 22:05, George Lottermoser a écrit : > > > On Jun 7, 2011, at 2:22 PM, Richard Ward wrote: > >> SLR Viewfinders have been shaped, molded, and improved, over 7+ >> decades so imho opinion they should be really good at this point. > > My experience is that they've declined in performance over time; > relying on auto focus systems to do the job. > > Never had a problem with: > Nikon F series (bright and accurate) > Leica R8 (brighter and accurate) > Leica R3 (just okay - dim though accurate) > Hasselblad C series (dim - though focused on a 39CFV back perfectly) > Meaning that what I expected to be in focus - was in focus. > > Nikon 8 seriers sucked for manual focus > Canon 10D, 20D, 5D suck for manual focus > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/