> > From: Frantisek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/09/16 Fri AM 06:48:34 GMT > To: "Pat Harris - \"sammler\"" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Compatability of ground glass screen Spotmatic and K1000 > > > Thursday, September 15, 2005, 7:23:33 PM, Pat wrote: > PHs> Is the ground glass (Fresnel) screen in the Spotmatic interchangeable > PHs> with that of the regular K1000? > > Not directly - they are different. K1000 uses one single resin screen with > combined groundglass and fresnel, while Spotmatic (at least SP1000) > has separate fresnel lens and groundglass (actually, the groundglass > is etched into a resin field lens).
Just to clarify: ground glass is NOT Fresnel. They are two different things. The first is (amongst other things) a focusing aid, the second is a type of lens. > > However, I have managed to fit a new K1000 screen into the SP1000, with > marked improvement in viewfinder brightness and clarity. > > It's been a while though, I don't remember if I had to do much > hacking. I think not much was needed. > > Frantisek > > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
