For my money, the Leica R8 focusing screen is the best combination of
brightness/contrast I've seen (but this is a manual focus camera).
Its viewfinder (with good eye relief) is a joy to use.
I also hear that Bill Maxwell's screens are a nice compromise between
brightness/contrast (but I have yet to see one of these):
Bill Maxwell at
Maxwell Precision Optics
PO Box 33146
Decatur, GA 30033-0146 USA
(404) 244 0095
Anybody out there using a Maxwell screen in an EOS? How does it rate
for manual focusing?
Dan
> A Pentax marketing rep. (a close personal friend) told me that a
Pentax
> engineer told him a few years ago that they could make the focusing
> screen much brighter but as you increase brightness you decrease
> contrast. It's all a compromise. Brighter Screen/Lower Contrast or
> Dimmer Screen/Higher Contrast. He said that most people associate
> higher brightness as being better but the camera prefers higher
contrast
> (especially for focusing). Maybe some day there will be new
technology
> that will enable the best of both worlds.
>
> Ray Amos
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