"dadiOH" <dadiOH@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> rwalker wrote:
>> I am new to medium format photography. I've just gotten a Yashica
>> D TLR. Using the focusing screen with the magnifier is taking some
>> adaptation. First of all, I am 50 years old and wear bifocals.
>> When I look into the magnifier to focus, the line between my
>> bifocal and the normal part of my glasses lens hits just about the
>> center of the magnifier. If I lower my head slightly, I am then
>> looking through the top part of my glasses, and focusing becomes
>> much easier. I guess my question, bottom line, is should I be
>> looking through my bifocal at the magnifier, or should I be looking
>> through the upper part of my glasses lens?
>
> Let me make a wild - almost incredible - statement and say you should
> look through the part that allows you to see best.
>
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Either will allow a clear view with appropriate focusing. However, only
viewing with one or the other is going to result in appropriate focusing
on
the film plain, hence the question.
Never jump to conclusions.
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