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I've recently become the proud owner of a 300/2.8 AIS nikkor, and a nice lens it is too. I want to use it for cricket photography with a teleconvertor (gives equivalent 600mm/5.6) which I have, and have recently shot a couple of rolls of film and can see that I'm not consistent with focus; some pics are sharp 60-70% are not sharp enough...
I put this down to the focusing screen which is the original nikkormat FT2 screen; split focus centre with a fresnel ring. There are no problems with camera shake - with a 2.8 speed and 200ASA film I can get a good shutter speed (500th).
What can I do to improve focusing? I have a horrible feeling I'll have to change to a newer/different body that allows me to put in a different focusing screen. Is there a preferred type of focusing screen for long telephoto/manual focus. Or is the focusing screen on a nikkormat ft2 changeable???
Many thanks for any help.
I put this down to the focusing screen which is the original nikkormat FT2 screen; split focus centre with a fresnel ring. There are no problems with camera shake - with a 2.8 speed and 200ASA film I can get a good shutter speed (500th).
What can I do to improve focusing? I have a horrible feeling I'll have to change to a newer/different body that allows me to put in a different focusing screen. Is there a preferred type of focusing screen for long telephoto/manual focus. Or is the focusing screen on a nikkormat ft2 changeable???
Many thanks for any help.