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<blockquote data-quote="Marcel" data-source="post: 106190" data-attributes="member: 3903">Well, I don't think it's because we've adapted to auto-focus. There is something else involved here. The auto-focus cameras have different ground glass then the older had. The ground glass is more transparent than the film type which makes it very hard to focus with. You can strain your eyes all you want, when you look through a DSLR viewfinder, you actually see more through the ground glass than what it used to be. This is, in my opinion, why they are so darn hard to focus with. At first I thought that getting faster glass would solve the problem… Well, in some cases, it made it worse. I even sometimes focus with the depth of field button depressed to shut down the diaphragm and feel it makes it easier to focus...I've never gotten to the point of getting replacement ground-glass, but have thought about it often. I'm just getting used to missing a few shots here and there because of&nbsp; badly focused shots.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marcel, post: 106190, member: 3903"] Well, I don't think it's because we've adapted to auto-focus. There is something else involved here. The auto-focus cameras have different ground glass then the older had. The ground glass is more transparent than the film type which makes it very hard to focus with. You can strain your eyes all you want, when you look through a DSLR viewfinder, you actually see more through the ground glass than what it used to be. This is, in my opinion, why they are so darn hard to focus with. At first I thought that getting faster glass would solve the problem… Well, in some cases, it made it worse. I even sometimes focus with the depth of field button depressed to shut down the diaphragm and feel it makes it easier to focus... I've never gotten to the point of getting replacement ground-glass, but have thought about it often. I'm just getting used to missing a few shots here and there because of badly focused shots. [/QUOTE]

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