04-01-2011, 12:24 AM
No. I don't use an eye-cup. A different focusing screen may help, but eye-cups generally don't.
A standard focusing screen for a digital camera has a similar DoF as a lens stopped down to F/5.6 - F/8, so whether you use an eye-cup or not is not going to help you a lot if anything at all.
With a Canon camera that has exchangeable focusing screens, you can use a laser matte, the -S focusing screens (EE-S, Ef-S, Eg-S, etc.), which are extremely finely matted. It makes them darker, although I don't really notice the difference, but the most important aspect is that these are screens designed to work with fast lenses, and have a corresponding lower f-stop rating. They are great for judging real DoF, especially on FF cameras, and are a must for accurate MF.
I don't know the equivalent of these focusing screens for other camera brands, however. They probably do exist, I would expect.
BTW, I wear glasses.
Kind regards, Wim
A standard focusing screen for a digital camera has a similar DoF as a lens stopped down to F/5.6 - F/8, so whether you use an eye-cup or not is not going to help you a lot if anything at all.
With a Canon camera that has exchangeable focusing screens, you can use a laser matte, the -S focusing screens (EE-S, Ef-S, Eg-S, etc.), which are extremely finely matted. It makes them darker, although I don't really notice the difference, but the most important aspect is that these are screens designed to work with fast lenses, and have a corresponding lower f-stop rating. They are great for judging real DoF, especially on FF cameras, and are a must for accurate MF.
I don't know the equivalent of these focusing screens for other camera brands, however. They probably do exist, I would expect.
BTW, I wear glasses.
Kind regards, Wim
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....