Better manual focus on Digital SLRs
With todays autofocus systems, most manufacturers are shipping their cameras with simple matte focusing screens. All good and well when the technologies are working, but what when they aren’t?
Focusing manually is an art, but a split-screen precision ground focussing matte screen can take a lot of the guesswork out of manually focussing a camera - if you have used a manual medium-format camera or an older SLR, you know what we’re talking about.
So what do you do, if you still want one of these old focussing screens? In most modern DSLRs, they aren’t officially replacable. But this is a DIY blog, and surely there must be something you can do? Well, there is, actually. It’s a rather spectacular way of voiding the warranty on your expensive DSLR, but if you want to… A better focus screen for digital SLR explains to some detail how it can be done.
We need more projects like this - I like reading about stuff that is too over the top for me to dare try myself.
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#1 - March 29th, 2006 at 09:33
Noooo!
I’ve been having trouble with my manual-focus OM lenses I use with an adaptor on my 20D. You are _really_ tempting me, but I _know_ it’s a bad idea. Really. A really really bad idea.
#2 - March 29th, 2006 at 10:09
Stu, if you end up doing it, let me know… Take pictures of the process!
#3 - March 29th, 2006 at 12:12
What with?
(haha - do you see what I did there?)
There is approximately a 0.001% chance that I would attempt this. However, I would _definitely_ get photos if I did it.
It’d probably be cheaper in statistical terms just to buy EF replacements of the old lenses I’m using.