Great to know ;-)) Might there be a greater variety of screens available using the LX screens in an MX.
If a screen was purchased new and kept in its case, never having been installed in a camera, would it eventually yellow and lose brightness? Shel > [Original Message] > From: Dario Bonazza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 6/10/2005 8:11:28 AM > Subject: Re: Minor *ist D Surgery > > The last glass focusing screens seen in Pentax cameras were employed in > K-series cameras, including the early K1000. > After that, all Pentax 35mm SLR cameras since 1976 use plastic screens, > including most of K1000, the MX and the LX. > I don't know about MF. > > A rather known trick for improving the brightness of the MX viewfinder is > replacing its original screen with one for the PZ1 or MZ-S. This increases > brightness not only because the newer screens are brighter than the older > ones by their technology, but also because the old plastic screens of the MX > have yellowed and lost part of their original transparency over the years. > > Dario
