At 01:35 AM 7/22/2006, Moose wrote:
>Johnny Johnson wrote:
> > 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.
> >
>I certainly have found the Oly angle finder to be useful in tripod
>mounted work with long telephoto lenses. I haven't tried one on the 5D.
>There are 2 or 3 Chinese made copies available quite cheap. It there
>were only one, I might try one. But as there are several, I want to see
>a comparison review first.
I find the angle finder to be "useful" also. In fact, I use one
almost 100% when shooting from a tripod even when using AF
lenses. Also, I get best results when manual focusing when I am
using one along with the Brightscreen split image screen. I just
don't find it to be the "slam dunk" that was indicated in the
referenced post, especially when used with the standard focusing screen. YMMV
Later,
Johnny
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