Hi, I had a couple of Beattie screens which I used in my LXs. I bought the screens 2nd-hand because they were very, very cheap. I confess I couldn't see any difference in brightness, and was very glad I didn't pay the excessive full price for them.
--- Bob Wednesday, November 27, 2002, 4:41:26 PM, you wrote: > 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 ?"
