Thanks Fred A couple of years ago, I had to have my mirror & screen in my LX replaced as the insulation around the mirror "liquidized - for want of a better word" . My understanding at the time, was that Pentax no longer carried screens and the replacement was a Beattie.
BTW - the last time I looked at their site, the cost was $69 US, about $120. cdn. so $100 US isn't that expensive relatively speaking. Of course, with the amount of money I've spent on equipment during the last few years, my wife thinks spending $10. on film - especially now that I have a digital - is much too much. :-) Also, there is nothing in my Pentax literature that suggests that I can change a screen myself. Is it the same process as when changing the screens in the LX? Thanks again herb [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 13:37:18 -0500, Fred wrote: >> Also there was a company that made screens for the LX, does anyone know >> whether they still exist, and whether they have made screens for the >> *istD family? >For the LX screens, you're probably thinking of the Beattie "Intenscreens" >(as I think they were called) ( http://www.intenscreen.com/ ). [Pentax >itself eventually produced three (I think it was) upgraded screens for the >LX that are just as good as the Beattie screens, IMHO, and the Pentax >tweezers were a whole lot better than the tweezers supplied by Beattie, >too.] However, it doesn't seem as if Beattie is making any screens for the >Pentax DSLR's (or any DSLR's, I guess). >There are now "Katz Eye" screens now available for the Pentax DSLR's ( >http://www.katzeyeoptics.com/cat--Pentax-DSLR-s--cat_pentax.html ), if you >don't want to try grinding down a 35mm film body's screen for your DSLR >(and if you don't mind the expense too much). >Fred
