Wednesday, February 06, 2002, 3:49:34 AM, Paul wrote: PMP> Of course then there is the plain matte screen - got that one too and like it the best of all. It is a little hard to use in low PMP> light though... PMP> ppro
As much as I like old cameras much more than new ones, the new ones (some of them, though. Not Nikons! F80 sucks finder-wise) have much better focusing screens. Here is a post on camera-fix group I think you might find interesting... The problem is IIRC that Spotmatics use different arrangement, where there is a (**)separate groundglass with aid and separate fresnel/field lens which brightens the corners, while newer M series (and perhaps some K too) use (*)one groundglass with pressed-on fresnel screen, so the former is (**)two-piece, the latter (*)one-piece unit. But according to the guy there, it works...: >> I fitted a diagonal split image screen for one of the Chinese K1000 >> copies, straight into a Spotmatic, I took the 2 screens[**] out, and >> replaced it with the single[*] screen. >> From memory I think I put a little bit more of bend in the brass >> spring which holds the screen against the base of the tray it sits >> in, >> apart from that no other changes were made. >> I think the screens would be about $8 plus postage. >> Colin. > I forgot to mention, I checked the focus with a focus checker, at the > film plane after I fitted the new screen, and it was O.K. > Colin. * ... see above ** ... see above I guess I could provide his mail here, but I better ask first :) So if interested, mail me offlist. Good light, Frantisek Vlcek - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
