At 11:51 7/31/02, you wrote:
>Not only is there more light, the viewfinder depth of field is
>shallower helping to make focusing more accurate, especially
>when reduced to using the field around the micro-prism ring and
>split image. There's more to having a faster lens than being
>able to use slower film and running wide open (with near zero
>DoF at close range).
Was that a typo? You mean less light, right? Or were you
referring to a faster lens in the first sentence?
Sorry, reference is to a faster lens which gives more light and a shallower
DoF in the viewfinder. If you want a "feel" for the difference, stop a
lens down to f/2.8 and depress the DoF preview button. Then stop it down
to f/4 and do the same.
-- John
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