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<blockquote data-quote="Marcel" data-source="post: 315198" data-attributes="member: 3903">I find it very difficult if not almost impossible to focus manually with the focusing screens that come with the DSLRs. I've replaced all my ground glasses from my D700, 600 and 7000 just to have a better surface to manually focus on. The focusing screen that comes standard are just too transparent to do a good job of manual focus. You can see THROUGH them, but when you try focusing it gets more difficult, specially with wider aperture lenses. The only way to focus accurately with these lenses is to use &quot;LiveView&quot; of the camera and zoom in to focus. This can be done for non moving subjects, but becomes impossible when shooting people.So you can try all you want, but the only way to be certain is with Liveview. Of course, you can also use the LiveView to compare your manual focusing when the camera is on a tripod and the subject is still.To adjust the diopter, you must just use the lines in the viewfinder and make them sharp. Instructions are in the user manual.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marcel, post: 315198, member: 3903"] I find it very difficult if not almost impossible to focus manually with the focusing screens that come with the DSLRs. I've replaced all my ground glasses from my D700, 600 and 7000 just to have a better surface to manually focus on. The focusing screen that comes standard are just too transparent to do a good job of manual focus. You can see THROUGH them, but when you try focusing it gets more difficult, specially with wider aperture lenses. The only way to focus accurately with these lenses is to use "LiveView" of the camera and zoom in to focus. This can be done for non moving subjects, but becomes impossible when shooting people. So you can try all you want, but the only way to be certain is with Liveview. Of course, you can also use the LiveView to compare your manual focusing when the camera is on a tripod and the subject is still. To adjust the diopter, you must just use the lines in the viewfinder and make them sharp. Instructions are in the user manual. [/QUOTE]

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