OK, I know more than one person who has put the PZ1 (or PZ1p) into the MX,
while I know no one having done the other way round, hence I cannot assure
it's possible.
Dario
----- Original Message -----
From: "E.R.N. Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: Minor *ist D Surgery
Dario Bonazza wrote:
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.
I thought the PZ-1 screen wasn't *quite* the same size as the MX/LX ones
(in fact, I'm sure of it, but I now don't remember for certain which one
won't fit into the other camera.)
Is putting a PZ-1 screen into an MX more of an improvement than putting a
"new-series" LX screen in there? (which, in fact, I have done.)
ERNR
