01-20-2012, 04:25 AM
[quote name='wim' timestamp='1327005685' post='15038']
Hi Wolf,
I uses an Eg-S on my 5D II and an Ec-S on my 1D III, and in the past an EE-S on 5D and Ef-S on 40D (same sort of screen). This is very similar to the precision matte I used with my Pentax MX (and which is still mounted to it <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />).
Nikon doesn't do these things, but you can find some here:
[url="http://www.focusingscreen.com/index.php?cPath=22_92"]http://www.focusings...php?cPath=22_92[/url]
The laser precision matte is the one to go for, I think, but they have a whole bunch of different ones to anybody's taste, it seems.
There also is Katz-Eye, just that it is even less cheap:
[url="http://www.katzeyeoptics.com/item--Nikon-D700-Focusing-Screen--prod_D700.html"]http://www.katzeyeop...-prod_D700.html[/url]
And there is BrightScreen - not a well implemented website, however:
[url="http://www.brightscreen.com/styles.html"]http://www.brightscreen.com/styles.html[/url]
I used a Katz-Eye on the 40D with split prism for a while, but I found it had no added benefit over the Ef-S on the 40D, so I stopped using it. The Canon version does just work fine.The advantage of the Katz-Eye for the D700 is that it is not cluttered, but then so is the D700 S from Focusing Screen. Plenty of choice <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />.
25% of shots not sharp due to incorrect focus is par for the course. Most of my unsharp shots are caused by movement blur - I often shoot people in very dim light, and even at 3200 or 6400 iso I don't always have a shutter speed fast enough <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />. However, these shots wouldn't have been possible at all with film anyway <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />.
HTH, kind regards, Wim
[/quote]
Very interesting! Is it a complicated process to change the focusing screen? I have never done that.
Regards,
Frank
Hi Wolf,
I uses an Eg-S on my 5D II and an Ec-S on my 1D III, and in the past an EE-S on 5D and Ef-S on 40D (same sort of screen). This is very similar to the precision matte I used with my Pentax MX (and which is still mounted to it <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />).
Nikon doesn't do these things, but you can find some here:
[url="http://www.focusingscreen.com/index.php?cPath=22_92"]http://www.focusings...php?cPath=22_92[/url]
The laser precision matte is the one to go for, I think, but they have a whole bunch of different ones to anybody's taste, it seems.
There also is Katz-Eye, just that it is even less cheap:
[url="http://www.katzeyeoptics.com/item--Nikon-D700-Focusing-Screen--prod_D700.html"]http://www.katzeyeop...-prod_D700.html[/url]
And there is BrightScreen - not a well implemented website, however:
[url="http://www.brightscreen.com/styles.html"]http://www.brightscreen.com/styles.html[/url]
I used a Katz-Eye on the 40D with split prism for a while, but I found it had no added benefit over the Ef-S on the 40D, so I stopped using it. The Canon version does just work fine.The advantage of the Katz-Eye for the D700 is that it is not cluttered, but then so is the D700 S from Focusing Screen. Plenty of choice <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />.
25% of shots not sharp due to incorrect focus is par for the course. Most of my unsharp shots are caused by movement blur - I often shoot people in very dim light, and even at 3200 or 6400 iso I don't always have a shutter speed fast enough <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />. However, these shots wouldn't have been possible at all with film anyway <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />.
HTH, kind regards, Wim
[/quote]
Very interesting! Is it a complicated process to change the focusing screen? I have never done that.
Regards,
Frank