Thanks, David. I'm intimidated, but sounds pretty simple. Not sure I'll try turning the camera upside down, though.
On Feb 26, 2011, at 1:09 PM, David Parsons wrote: > On the *ist D, you turn the camera upside down (lens off) and pull the > small tab in the gap between the pieces of foam. That releases the > screen and you can lift it up, or turn the camera right side up, and > the frame will flip down. You may damage the screen if it scratches > on something in the mirror box, so be ginger with it. > > I've only ever swapped the *ist D with K100D Super, to see if there > was a difference with certain lenses, so I didn't deal with shims at > all. > > The screen has a tab that you can use to hold with tweezers, and the > new one goes in the same way that they old one came out. > > On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I've purchased a split image focusing screen for my *ist DS from Haoda Fu. >> The instructions he provides are for Canon cameras. He says the procedures >> are similar. I've looked for instructions on replacing focusing screens on >> the Pentax site, but found nothing. >> >> I'm about ready to give this a shot. Any guidance or precautions would be >> appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Eric Weir >> Decatur, GA USA >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > David Parsons Photography > http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com > > Aloha Photographer Photoblog > http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
