Focusing screen (Page 4): I wasn't referring to you when I made that comment.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

Longshadow wrote:

MUCH more knowledge that I have

Your opinion and/or perception has not changed my opinion or perception.

I wasn't referring to you when I made that comment.

foathog Loc: Greensboro, NC

Skip this argument guys. Let's face it. It's time for the guy to get a new camera. LOL

turp77 Loc: Connecticut, Plainfield

chikid68 wrote:

Has this happened to anyone else? br I was changin... (show quote)

I don’t see what is the problem is with how you wrote your question, it’s very clear. To answer your question. I have 5 canons and a lot of Nikons and never had this happen to me. I have changed many focus screens or removed them for cleaning. Could be it wasn’t fully locked in from the beginning. I think you were visited by Mr Murphy🙂

uhaas2009

Google it. If you be handy than it’s not difficult to put it back in

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

turp77 wrote:

I don’t see what is the problem is with how you wrote your question, it’s very clear. To answer your question. I have 5 canons and a lot of Nikons and never had this happen to me. I have changed many focus screens or removed them for cleaning. Could be it wasn’t fully locked in from the beginning. I think you were visited by Mr Murphy🙂

He indicated later that it might have been user error when he quickly mounted a lens during a shoot. And yes, his original question was very clear.

chikid68 Loc: Tennesse USA

turp77 wrote:

I don’t see what is the problem is with how you wrote your question, it’s very clear. To answer your question. I have 5 canons and a lot of Nikons and never had this happen to me. I have changed many focus screens or removed them for cleaning. Could be it wasn’t fully locked in from the beginning. I think you were visited by Mr Murphy🙂

That's what I was thinking as well and it appears that I likely bumped against the release clip switching lenses in the dark.
It's a simple fix with the new screen being inexpensive.
Sad though to see so many people have gotten so comfortable using the LCD screen that they don't know what the focusing screen is or what it does.

chikid68 Loc: Tennesse USA

foathog wrote:

Skip this argument guys. Let's face it. It's time for the guy to get a new camera. LOL

Do you buy a new camera every time you have a minor issue.
It's less expensive than buying a new kit lens.
The part is designed to be replaced in about a minute.

User ID

chikid68 wrote:

That's what I was thinking as well and it appears that I likely bumped against the release clip switching lenses in the dark.
It's a simple fix with the new screen being inexpensive.
Sad though to see so many people have gotten so comfortable using the LCD screen that they don't know what the focusing screen is or what it does.

There’s a “generation” of SLR users with no clue what an SLR is nor how it works.

It’s amusing that a large portion of that ignorant group swear that they’ll never abandon the SLR for what comes next.

chikid68 Loc: Tennesse USA

User ID wrote:

There’s a “generation” of SLR users with no clue what an SLR is nor how it works.

It’s amusing that a large portion of this ignorant group swear that they’ll never abandon the SLR for what comes next.

I'm not one of the latter group in fact my Christmas gift to myself is a gently used Sony A7RII.
I'm looking forward to the higher megapixel camera especially with wildlife crops.

User ID

chikid68 wrote:

I'm not one of the latter group in fact my Christmas gift to myself is a gently used Sony A7RII.
I'm looking forward to the higher megapixel camera especially with wildlife crops.

Hope that works out for you. Current pricing is tempting me to go there.

chikid68 Loc: Tennesse USA

User ID wrote:

Hope that works out for you. Current pricing is tempting me to go there.

This was actually what convinced me.
One of the photographers I work with as Santa Claus bought the camera from his associate who upgraded to the mark III and when the associate moved up to the mark IV he is now selling his Mark III so my photographer is selling me the mark ii.
The camera has always been used in the studio mostly for video use.
I'm planning on getting a lens adapter to use my Canon l class lenses for now at least.

User ID

chikid68 wrote:

This was actually what convinced me.
One of the photographers I work with as Santa Claus bought the camera from his associate who upgraded to the mark III and when the associate moved up to the mark IV he is now selling his Mark III so my photographer is selling me the mark ii.
The camera has always been used in the studio mostly for video use.
I'm planning on getting a lens adapter to use my Canon l class lenses for now at least.

I use mostly Canon lenses on my Sonys.
I don’t care how weird it may look. The Sonys provide IBIS and accurate focus that the native Canon SLRs could never provide.

chikid68 Loc: Tennesse USA

User ID wrote:

I use mostly Canon lenses on my Sonys.
I don’t care how weird it may look. The Sonys provide IBIS and accurate focus that the native Canon SLRs could never provide.

As long as I get good pictures I'm not worried how it looks plus the Sony 70-200 doesn't look much different than the Canon it's even white LoL.

williejoha

If you are talking about the mirror? Canon had a recall back when the camera came out.
I shipped mine back to Canon and had it back within a week. But that was then.
WJH

chikid68 Loc: Tennesse USA

williejoha wrote:

If you are talking about the mirror? Canon had a recall back when the camera came out.
I shipped mine back to Canon and had it back within a week. But that was then.
WJH

As I have said in several other replies it was not the mirror.
It was the focusing screen which actually goes between the optical viewfinder and the mirroring prism.