Thanks, will relay this...
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> Sent: 27 November 2002 11:03
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> Subject: Re: Query for a friend...
>
>
> Rob Brigham posted:
>
> > No, I havent succumbed and bought an LX yet and know nothing about
> > screens, so am posting this for a friend who needs some advice.
> > Thanks
> >
> > "The Pentax User Magazine site
> > "http://www.pentaxuser.co.uk/index.html";
> > has for sale under camera accessories "Beattie" replacement focusing
> > screens for the Z1/Z1P, MX & LX. Does anyone have any experience of
> > these. I do a lot of available light shooting with Pentax
> MX & Z1 and
> > any extra focusing help would be usefull as the Z1 is dim,
> though the MX
> > is allready very bright. I mostly use fast lenses for this
> 1.4-2.8 but
> > use normal 3.4-4.5 zooms the rest of the time. One thing
> I'm concerned
> > about is that If I get one with a focusing aid for the Z1
> that it would
> > interfere with the autofocus ? They also do a clear one.
> Anyone had any
> > experience with them ?"
>
> I've used a Beattie Intenscreen with split-image in my PZ-1.
> I didn't pay a lot
> of attention to the difference in brightness; the diagonal
> split-image
> rangefinder worked well and didn't seem to interfere with the
> autofocus at all.
> My main issue with it, though, was the split-image circle was
> much larger than
> any other I'd ever seen and therefore rather distracting. But
> to answer the
> question, it should not interfere with the autofocus (and I
> found no problem
> with the meter either).
> Can't comment on the MX as I've never owned one; nor the LX
> since all three
> screens I've used in mine have been Pentax ones, not Beattie.
>
>
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