Re: [Leica] Ground glass screens

["Bill Christensen" <kangwei@interaccess.com>]

Howdy, Greg.  In the R6.2, I have long used the plain ground glass screen
with grid.  The beauty of the screen is that 99% of the time, the grid lines
seem to disappear as one concentrates on the image.  Only when one
deliberately looks for the grid lines do they become apparent.  Since
acquiring the screen, horizons are straight.  Water no longer flows downhill
out the right side of the frame.  Further, with a ground glass screen with
grid, focusing is easy even in low light situations.  One of the best
advantages is that the so-called focusing aids - split image and bead - are
eliminated.  For me, they only distract from image composition and go dark
in low light shooting.

May Santa bring everyone a package with a red dot.  Merry Christmas to all
luggers!

Bill Christensen
- -----Original Message-----
From: Greg Bicket <GBicket@email.msn.com>
To: LUG <Leica-Users-Digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Thursday, December 24, 1998 10:16 AM
Subject: [Leica] Ground glass screens


>Merry Christmas LUG,
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>With all the recent discussions about ground glass focusing screens, I am
>thinking about swapping out the standard screen that came in my R8.  My
>question is, with my photography being primarily a mix of wildlife and
>travel, would my needs be served best by the plain ground glass, or the
>ground glass with a grid?  Thanks for any thoughts on this.
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>Ho Ho to all.
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>Enjoy the light.
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>Greg Bicket
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