08-12-2010, 05:18 PM
[quote name='Etao' timestamp='1281632113' post='1720']
By the way, how were people focusing without live view ? I mean, during film era ?
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I never did it myself so I can't be sure, but one technique I've come across is to use a Bahtinov Mask. This is a particular pattern you put in front of the lens like a filter, and it generates a diffraction pattern that changes as you go in or out of focus.
By the way, how were people focusing without live view ? I mean, during film era ?
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I never did it myself so I can't be sure, but one technique I've come across is to use a Bahtinov Mask. This is a particular pattern you put in front of the lens like a filter, and it generates a diffraction pattern that changes as you go in or out of focus.
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