The angle finder isn't a silver bullet for me when manually focusing
the 5D. I wonder if the difference our experiences is that he shoots
in a studio (as he referenced) with bright, controlled light and I
shoot in whatever light happens to be available. Or, I guess it
could be that he just sees better than I do.
Later,
Johnny
At 06:50 PM 7/21/2006, usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
>Hi,
>
> Found this and similar posts in Pnet on this issue. It may not be
> as cool or high tech as the chip on the adapter, though may be
> useful with more complex background. I saw some info that the
> current incarnation Angle Finder does not reverse left and rt,
> though that should be confirmed. I would choose Moose's eagle eye
> and an angle finder over a chip anyways. I think Jeff is
> investigating this by trying the VM held up to his 5D.
> I have no stock in C*non, am too slow on the draw to have used the
> rebate for the 5D and don't own an angle finder.
>Mike
>
>Canon Angle Finder for critical focusing....buy one!
>armando conti , jun 18, 2006; 12:15 p.m.
>Many folks have complained about critical manual focusing with
>DSLR's, even full frame, many after having moved from medium format
>and those nice, large focusing screens.
>Even with full frame, I've had a bit of uncertainty in situations of
>the most critical focus. Granted, some of these problems have been
>noticed only when I've done lens tests at 100 percent on a good
>monitor. There I have seen focus on objects 30 or 40 feet away
>missed by a foot or so. I could have probably never noticed this on
>a lightbox with a 2 1/4 transparency, another example of how things
>are now more noticeable that we can instantly enlarge images to
>great magnifications with the touch of a button.
>The above not withstanding, in studio work, while trying to
>determine the near and far focus points, I've previously had a bit
>of trouble. That has now changed. The angle finder has such a good
>image and is so easily adjusted for both magnification and diopter
>that it now seems as though I can pick any object in the field of
>view and obtain certain focus, even on objects that do not have many
>details to focus on. With this finder on high magnification all you
>need is an edge on the object. I find it superior to the similar
>device for the Mamiya RZ, and suggest that anyone having manual
>focus difficulty buy one.
>
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