Alan:
<< I'm confused -- even if the users eyes are bad -- doesn't the focus
point
through the viewfinder remain the same -- I thought them split screens
and
micro-collars were immune to bad eyes ? >>
Proper dioptric correction is critical to easy and fast focusing. A 2
series screen coupled with either the right dioptric correction in an
OM-4(T)(i) viewfinder, or the right correction lens on any body, makes a
wonderfully easy to focus camera. I just had the chance to use a Leica
M3 and I'm glad my rangefinder stuff was stolen in 1971, forcing me to
the OM System. Our Olympus SLRs with their 96% (97%?) framing accurancy
and snappy viewfinder images makes the M3 rangefinder seem ancient,
wanting for framing accuracy and too distracting with all the extra
frames lines and out-of-frame line view. (I recall that I loved using
an shoe mounted Bright Finder with those old Canon rangefinders
cameras). Once upon a time, Herbert Keepler wrote that Nikon and Olympus
manual focus lenses were about equal, but the focusing in a Nikon was
superior. That was before all the improvements we now have in the OM
System viwfinder. Now, its hard to find anything that tops it among
SLRs.
I find it interesting to hear of folks who rationalize getting out of
manual focus systems because they can't see well enough to focus. I
wonder how that situation could improve if they just utilized dioptric
correction?
Gary Reese
Las Vegas, NV
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