Older age, illness, Technology and Photography....

Older age, illness, Technology and Photography....

This is new to me, so please have patience and I hope to make sense at the end.
I have worn glasses from 1956-2016, really short sighted, so bad I couldn't recognise
a face from 10yards.
In 2016 everything changed, had serious Heart operation, eyesight improved tremendously. According to
a Opthalmic friend, not unknown , so I stopped wearing glasses full time, but my very good close vision
was affected as well.
With film cameras and the early digitals not a problem as the viewfinder was the only option, although the
diopter adjustment on digital helped a lot.
Technology, however, raced ahead and the screen appeared. And so did Older Age I found that knees creak,
legs won't work. Getting up from the ground a problem. So I started using the screen more.
This is when a certain problem appeared in my Photography. Unsharp images began to appear in, to me,
unacceptable levels. Time also to mention I use manual focus 90% of the time and this appeared with all cameras.
This came to a head during this week, I spent a very pleasant evening taking all my neighbours Christmas lights
and also those on The Village Hall using the screen exclusively.
Needless to say I was nonplused to find that nearly every image was slightly blurred and, to my mind, deletable
once on the computer. I was using the Olympus OM-D 5,on a tripod, a setup I use a lot but I do not often shoot in the dark.
For the umteenth time I thought, was it me, or the camera at fault. Then had this bright idea, or I thought so did the diopter
adjustment also alter the screen, so I researched it and found that the two are not mutually adjusted, so I tested it .
Used the eypiece fron an old binocular as a magnifier for the screen, and started taking images, Sharp, Sharp, Sharp.
as evidenced by my last few birdy images.
Onwards and upwards from here, one hopes.
Thanks for your patience, and any comment appreciated,
David

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