Swedra
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1. Is it weird that I have different diopter settings for different cameras, even if all of them are Nikons ranging from 2006 to 2015? (D40x, D5100, D3200, D5500, D7000).
2. Is it weird that I cannot seem to find a sweet spot? I fiddle around with the diopter (which is awfully placed by the way, absolutely impossible to adjsust it with my eye pressed against the viewfinder proper), and IIRC most of them are set somewhere in the middle rather than at any of the extremes, but the problem is...lets say I start out at one extreme just to make it really apparent what it looks like when blurry, then I adjust until I think the letterings and focus point indicators look sharp (as well as the actual vf image, if focused properly of course), but then a few seconds later I second guess myself and go a few clicks further...suddenly that looks (or feels, more like) sharp..then a few seconds pass and I try again and go back a few clicks and suddenly that feels better again...aso ad naseum.
Thing is I see so many comments saying to just (or that they just) adjust it until things look sharp, making it sound like it is the easiest thing in the world.
Could I have some sort of cognitive problem (or just quirk) that either makes me unable to fully grasp what "perfect" sharpness looks like, or that I always end up in a sort of "the grass is greener on the other side" sort of situation, or is this something a lot of people can relate to? (In which case I guess what the people saying "just adjust it until it looks sharp" actually mean is "just adjust it until it looks good enough"?)
I dont think I have ever had a situation appear where a photo I shot was blatantly out-of-focus for any other reason than user error, so I dont think not finding the exact perfect spot is hampering my photography (Though I did notice when fiddling around with my D7000 this evening that when looking at text on my screen through the viewfinder at like around 30-40cm distance everything looks tack sharp, but just leaning back (and refocusing of course) makes the clarity of the text feel significantly impaired, even though I can still read it just fine...just feels like I suddenly get an extremely minor case of dyslexia, if that makes sense?)
...actually, now that I try the same distance with just my eyes the effect is similar, so maybe there is something with my eyes actually? Which would not explain why I cannot seem to find the perfect diopter setting / that my perceived perfect settings seemingly changes for no reason even when the distance and everything stays the same, but I think it could imply that this perceived change in clarity depending on viewing distance (even small ones) is something actually unrelated to the issue of not being able to find a diopter sweet spot.
Hope my wall of text is somewhat readable, to be honest Im looking for peace of mind more than anything, so I wondered if what Ive explained is something a lot of people go through or if Im the weird one out?
2. Is it weird that I cannot seem to find a sweet spot? I fiddle around with the diopter (which is awfully placed by the way, absolutely impossible to adjsust it with my eye pressed against the viewfinder proper), and IIRC most of them are set somewhere in the middle rather than at any of the extremes, but the problem is...lets say I start out at one extreme just to make it really apparent what it looks like when blurry, then I adjust until I think the letterings and focus point indicators look sharp (as well as the actual vf image, if focused properly of course), but then a few seconds later I second guess myself and go a few clicks further...suddenly that looks (or feels, more like) sharp..then a few seconds pass and I try again and go back a few clicks and suddenly that feels better again...aso ad naseum.
Thing is I see so many comments saying to just (or that they just) adjust it until things look sharp, making it sound like it is the easiest thing in the world.
Could I have some sort of cognitive problem (or just quirk) that either makes me unable to fully grasp what "perfect" sharpness looks like, or that I always end up in a sort of "the grass is greener on the other side" sort of situation, or is this something a lot of people can relate to? (In which case I guess what the people saying "just adjust it until it looks sharp" actually mean is "just adjust it until it looks good enough"?)
I dont think I have ever had a situation appear where a photo I shot was blatantly out-of-focus for any other reason than user error, so I dont think not finding the exact perfect spot is hampering my photography (Though I did notice when fiddling around with my D7000 this evening that when looking at text on my screen through the viewfinder at like around 30-40cm distance everything looks tack sharp, but just leaning back (and refocusing of course) makes the clarity of the text feel significantly impaired, even though I can still read it just fine...just feels like I suddenly get an extremely minor case of dyslexia, if that makes sense?)
...actually, now that I try the same distance with just my eyes the effect is similar, so maybe there is something with my eyes actually? Which would not explain why I cannot seem to find the perfect diopter setting / that my perceived perfect settings seemingly changes for no reason even when the distance and everything stays the same, but I think it could imply that this perceived change in clarity depending on viewing distance (even small ones) is something actually unrelated to the issue of not being able to find a diopter sweet spot.
Hope my wall of text is somewhat readable, to be honest Im looking for peace of mind more than anything, so I wondered if what Ive explained is something a lot of people go through or if Im the weird one out?
