>>3422753>Do you have a speed grip for it?No, but I might get one. It adds quite some bulk, but makes it easier to hold the camera. Plus it adds a hotshoe, which is very practical if you're using strobes. Even in a studio setting with just the transmitter on the camera, it's easier to have a place to out the transmitter instead of dangling it from the PC cord.
>Also, how's the focusing? This one differs depending if you're using a prism or the waist level finder. With a prism, it's like an oversized SLR, and you're treated to a big, bright square screen. Split prism in the middle, microprism collar around it, matte screen the rest. The focusing screen is bright, much better than what you'd find in a TLR. Also very easy to use with glasses, lots of eye relief.
If you use the waist level finder, you still get the same screen with the split prism and all, but I find it slower to focus since contrast isn't great, as you have light entering the screen and washing it out a bit. Of course you have a hood around, but unless you bent over placing your face directly over the hood (to seal it from light), the contrast and clarity won't be as much as with a prism. Perfectly usable though, still.
The magnifying glass magnifies the split prism so you can see it better with a waist level finder. It helps for accurate focus.
Oh and also, with a waist level finder you get an inverted (horizontally) image, you get used to it, but it's not as fast as a prism.
Waist level finders are great for reducing bulk and weight, the prisms are quite big in MF cameras. *But* the prices are absolutely ridiculous. $80-100 for what is essentially a collapsible hood and a small magnifying glass. For that money, or $20 more, you can find a *metered* prism. (Btw, there's no way to have a metered waist level finder).
>Do you just eyeball itNah, I never eyeball it with MF. DoF is thin, since the lenses are longer, and you have to keep shutter at 1/125 or above handheld, to avoid mirror slap.
