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D3300
D3300 unable to focus through the viewfinder
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<blockquote data-quote="Bob Blaylock" data-source="post: 550967" data-attributes="member: 16749"><p>If it's like my D3200, then the stock focus screen that comes with it is pretty much useless for manually-focusing. I think Nikon assumes that most people who buy the lower-end DSLRs are the sort who will nearly always use autofocus, and rarely, if ever, try to focus manually. The stock focus screen is optimized to give the brightest, clearest possible view, regardless of focus, and so it is useless for seeing what is in focus and what is not.</p><p></p><p> What [USER=42032]@ibsmo[/USER] (or anyone else) needs to do, if he wants to be able to manually-focus, is to replace the stock focus screen with an aftermarket focus screen, which is more similar to those that were standard on SLRs long before autofocus, and similar to what I assume are standard on higher-end DSLRs.</p><p></p><p> Go to eBay, and enter the following into the search field:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">bresson focus screen d3300</p><p></p><p> The item you want usually pops up, priced at 20.99. Make sure you get the one that lists the D3300 among the cameras with which it is compatible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bob Blaylock, post: 550967, member: 16749"] If it's like my D3200, then the stock focus screen that comes with it is pretty much useless for manually-focusing. I think Nikon assumes that most people who buy the lower-end DSLRs are the sort who will nearly always use autofocus, and rarely, if ever, try to focus manually. The stock focus screen is optimized to give the brightest, clearest possible view, regardless of focus, and so it is useless for seeing what is in focus and what is not. What [USER=42032]@ibsmo[/USER] (or anyone else) needs to do, if he wants to be able to manually-focus, is to replace the stock focus screen with an aftermarket focus screen, which is more similar to those that were standard on SLRs long before autofocus, and similar to what I assume are standard on higher-end DSLRs. Go to eBay, and enter the following into the search field: [indent]bresson focus screen d3300[/indent] The item you want usually pops up, priced at 20.99. Make sure you get the one that lists the D3300 among the cameras with which it is compatible. [/QUOTE]
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