This one comes up from time to time. You would think that AF would be
handy when the time for reading glasses comes along but I gave up -
couldn't read the bloody LCD on top of the EOS so I never quite knew
what I was doing. I found the OM with split focussing screen much
easier. Same with a cheaper non-SLR didge - you tend to use the
screen instead of the finder and you need the glasses. If I use an E1
in future, I'll need to wear half moon specs - that's the only way I
could use the demonstrator I played with the other day - the finder
was fine but I had to check the screen and settings with glasses on.
Damn nuisance.
Of course, it is possible to have your eyes lasered separately - one
for reading and the other for distance! Some people actually have
that done and manage to adjust to the mixed input.
AndrewF
Hi,
I am 45 and getting close to the time I need reading glasses, I am afraid.
I am shortsighted and use contact lenses.
I normally have no problem focusing with my Om cameras, except in low light
conditions, especially with a zoom. I normally use the 1-14 screen with an
OM 4 T.
This summer I have taken an embarassing number of photos that were unsharp.
Many were taken with a Sigma 50-200 mm zoom around 200 mm, and that
particular lens might be to blame, I am not quite sure. It is a lenbs I
haven't used before.
But I'd like to know if deteriorating ability to focus on close things
affects your ability to focus with a camera?
Then I'd even more strongly consider going digital and AF, at least as a
supplement.
Lars
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