Alternative Focusing Screens

[All Blue]

well, i might try it as i'm have problem focusing right now even with those AF chip adatper.

[All Blue]

Ec-B may not be as easy to focus as Ec-A or Ec-L. if simplicity is what you are looking at then there'll be a trade off.

Err dun tink anyone here has tried this particular supply yet.

Perssonally speaking, the Ec-B grid looks like something I could really use.

U wanna try one first and let us know? 

[Dream Merchant]

Hmm ... why not? Is there something different with the Canon based split-image?

[Michael]

dont get the Ec-B

the horizontal line only, focusing thingy , is not worth getting

at least minimum is the Ec-L
coz it has two lines, vertical and horizontal

[Dream Merchant]

I grew up on the horizontal and 45 deg split-image as well as plain ground glass with grids and oiled ground glass and only a central focusing aid.

The two-way split may be more precise, but under most everyday shooting circumstances, I would imagine it to be too 'slow' to use because you're now looking at two planes to confirm focus. I figure it can get pretty confusing as well if you're shooting anything other than clean, straight lines. But that's just thinking in theory ah...

[hwchoy]

the one I am using has a 45° split with micro prisms ringing.

[Michael]

the one I am using has a 45° split with micro prisms ringing.

45º ones are the best. love those...
tried them before in film camera of the past...

[hwchoy]

actually when I bought mine I have a choice of horizontal or 45, obviously I picked 45.

[Dream Merchant]

Strangely, while I tend to tilt the cam sometimes when I can't see a line that helps me with a horizontal, I still stick with the horizontal. Most of the time, the horizontal works fine for me. It's only that 'sometimes' that I need a tilted split.

BTW, if splits are your thing, you should have checked out the screens that came with the F-1n bods. Dual angled split or varied rake angle or something like that - one facet hadles fast lenses, while another takes over with slow lenses so you don't get that blackening-out effect even with lenses like 5.6 or 6.5 - it's still perfectly clear. Sometimes, I miss that camera.