On Sun, 11 Aug 2002 21:17:30 -0700, Winsor Crosby
<wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>Another dumb question, but I am confused. How do you tell if it is
>focused if you are turning a ring? What is the feedback the camera
>gives you to let you know? Or are we just setting an estimated
>distance here.
Only the display on the "ground glass" screen - just like a
conventional SLR but there's no focus aid like a split image or
microprism or even a focus confirmation signal (in manual). The ring
is not *mechanically* linked to the focussing elements in the lens; it
actuates the focus motor and there's even a bit of a lag in the
response. And, of course, there's no distance scale or any means of
estimating DOF.
I can "get on with it" but I certainly don't like it.
John Gruffydd (Mold, Wales, UK)
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