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angrylittleboy !wrJcGUHncE
How hard is it to focus on a DSLR? Assuming it's an average person with some experience focusing on old manual cameras?
>> Anonymous
Half press shutter button.
>> Anonymous
>>115753
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>> Anonymous
>>115753

Unless it's a D40, in which case D40 can't [meme here].
>> Blackadder !!bSWRwu/NqzQ
>>115739

It's not as easy on the basic budget DSLR (especially older ones) as it was with a half decent film SLR, but with some cameras you can get a little better and brighter viewfinders and those split prism (and other variants) additional screens to help if you are struggling. A lot of people swore by the Katz Eye screens, although now cameras like the Canon 40D have interchangeable ones. Katz Eye do still offer custom made ones though.
>> Anonymous
>>115818
You can change the focusing screen in almost every DSLR, so the "interchangeable" part in the specifications means just that there's more than one screen available from the manufacturer. And Canon doesn't offer screens with prisms for *any* of their cameras.
>> Blackadder !!bSWRwu/NqzQ
>>115823

...and how does that contradict what I said?

I was pointing out that the benefit of the Canon 40D one was that changing a screen is easy as it's a built in functionality to be able to swap the screens around, with a choice of screens already on offer from Canon.

Katz Eye DO offer split prism screens for various cameras and I didn't say Canon specifically made them, so I don't know what you're getting all uptight about.
>> Anonymous
>>115844
>I'm the one that mentioned prisms first! I said the "Katz Eye" brand right there along with it the first time! BAAAWWWWW!
Fix'd.
>> Blackadder !!bSWRwu/NqzQ
>>115845

What? That doesn't even make any sense.
>> angrylittleboy !wrJcGUHncE
so i take it that it's pretty difficult.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>115858
If you're autofocusing, it's trivial. Like>>115753said, half-press the shutter button.

Manual focus isn't as nice as on old film cameras designed for it, but it's still not hard at reasonable apertures. And there's a little focus confirmation light to tell you when you've successfully focused on where one of the focus points is.
>> Blackadder !!bSWRwu/NqzQ
>>115858

It's no where near as fun as it used to be on the older cameras, sadly. You either have to shell out for the more modern (the consumer ones have been getting better since the early DSLRs) or expensive cameras to get the bigger viewfinder or get a custom screen to compensate.

It's not impossible on any of them, of course. You have to learn to work the limitation. People still make good pictures with them.
>> Anonymous
how should people compensate with manual focus + corrective eyeglasses? should you just adjust through the dioptic wheel and go without the glasses?
>> Blackadder !!bSWRwu/NqzQ
>>115865

If you are not wearing glasses that correct your vision problems while using the camera then you'd need to adjust it using that or if it doesn't cover your prescription get replacement viewfinder with the appropriate addition for you.
>> Anonymous
Some cameras I have no problem with it, and others I wouldn't even try, and I don't like autofocusing at all. Avoid entry-level cameras; a used D100 or D200 will be loads easier than a new D40. Same with 20D and Digital Rebel, etc.

So long as the camera is reasonable, it'll just take a little practice to get into the groove of it, although that could just be manual focusing in general. My SLR experience is almost exclusively with digital ones.

http://www.neocamera.com/feature_viewfinder_sizes.php?order=size

Find something with a high effective magnification. If you're on a budget, those two Pentax *ist models at the top beating all the other crop-sensor DSLRs aren't made any more and, AFAIK, are the only entry-level DSLRs with twin command dials.
>> Blackadder !!bSWRwu/NqzQ
>>115865

I think they call the additional ones "dioptre eye pieces" or some such and they have different ratings displayed, like "+2".

If you are wearing glasses that correct any problems while using it then your vision should be fine. It's only the eye relief and distance from the viewfinder that might be an issue for some because of the glasses being in the way.

If you use anything unusual like varifocals then it might be tricky to keep them on.