Solution for 5D Classic Split-Image Focus Screen!!!!

I have managed to shoehorn......no wait......drop in a Nikon FE focusing screen into my 5D Classic with no modification, AND manual focusing is spot on. I've been testing it with pre-AI Nikkor lenses on a Fotodiox black Nikon-EOS adapter and so far the results have been nothing short of owning a 12.1 megapixel Nikon FE.

The viewfinder is plenty bright and actually brighter than the Ee-S screen which was made for the 5Dc for manual focusing.

Lenses I have tested so far have been

50 f1.4 Nikkor-S
55 f3.5 Micro-Nikkor macro
105 f2.5 Nikkor-P
300 f4.5 Nikkor-H

I'll get some proper ISO 100 samples up later today, but us 5Dc guys finally have a split-image focus screen that isn't some ****ty Chinese version that doesn't meter correctly.

Maybe I'll move on to this in the future, but at the moment I'm not really sure what it is all about. Now I got a 5D II for making videos and I could use some help with focusing, doh..

j-dogg wrote in post #15194653
I have managed to shoehorn......no wait......drop in a Nikon FE focusing screen into my 5D Classic with no modification, AND manual focusing is spot on. I've been testing it with pre-AI Nikkor lenses on a Fotodiox black Nikon-EOS adapter and so far the results have been nothing short of owning a 12.1 megapixel Nikon FE.

The viewfinder is plenty bright and actually brighter than the Ee-S screen which was made for the 5Dc for manual focusing.

Lenses I have tested so far have been

50 f1.4 Nikkor-S
55 f3.5 Micro-Nikkor macro
105 f2.5 Nikkor-P
300 f4.5 Nikkor-H

I'll get some proper ISO 100 samples up later today, but us 5Dc guys finally have a split-image focus screen that isn't some ****ty Chinese version that doesn't meter correctly.

So your metering is spot-on?

Yogi Bear wrote in post #15196282
So your metering is spot-on?

It's close, I seem to get best results with the Ee-S

wow that's nice. focusing is really hard when using MF lenses. need more feedbacks from you, thanks for sharing

Sometime I'm going to try it with an FD system, probably saturday

Interesting. Any pictures comparing the sizes of the screens? This could turn out to be the perfect solution if the metering isn't too far off. I have the EE-S screen but it's no replacement for a split-prism screen.

Nice...how close is metering?

How does it work with non-Nikon lenses?
How's AF?

UPDATE:

Tried an FD system with adapter.....focus is spot on. So with Nikon N/AI and AI/AI-s focusing is accurate. The next one I will try is T-mount M42, which is a pretty popular lens mount. So far so good.

Metering is not bad with the screen, I found myself underexposing many of my shots 1 stop and at ISO 100 I still have room to push or pull it in LR3.2. Most situations work well with the Ee-S metering setting in the C.Fn. The brighter the scene the more I underexposed. It's a different beast but I'm learning to tame it.

Have not tried AF Nikkors yet, those will be next.

The screens are exactly the same size, tomorrow I will post a comparison with all three, but they are exactly the same. On the subject of size, if you set the camera down hard enough the screen pops out, I set it down on the ground hard at the Shuttle rollover and it popped out, but I was able to easily get it in.

interesting results!

Thanks for the news! but do i need to change back the focus screen when i want to use AF lens?

boran wrote in post #15220504
Thanks for the news! but do i need to change back the focus screen when i want to use AF lens?

nope, no need to change. Focusing screens affect the viewfinder and metering.

tacoman1423 wrote in post #15220703
nope, no need to change. Focusing screens affect the viewfinder and metering.

oh great! thanks!

tacoman1423 wrote in post #15220703
nope, no need to change. Focusing screens affect the viewfinder and metering.

I've been using my AF lenses just fine.

j-dogg wrote in post #15194653
I have managed to shoehorn......no wait......drop in a Nikon FE focusing screen into my 5D Classic with no modification

what type of FE screen did you use?