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Subject: Re: [Leica] Focussing screen for R4 query
From: "Phil Leeson" <pjleeson@mchsi.com>
Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 06:56:42 -0500
References: <002f01c3225d$fc7477a0$6401a8c0@slnt.phub.net.cable.rogers.com>

You're looking for Leica part # 14303.
They run $80 at most online dealers, roughly half that on the auction
market.
I agree with the others that the later R screens, not the R4 versions
are brighter.
On the tab of the screen is molded the R Nr1 or R4.
Phil
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From: "Jim McIntyre" <mcintyre@ca.inter.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 8:35 PM
Subject: [Leica] Focussing screen for R4 query


> This is my first post to the listserve. Hopefully it works!
>
> I am looking for a new focussing screen for my R4. I currently have a
plain
> screen, but I guess my 40+ year old eyes are not what they used to be,
and I
> am having a challege focussing in low light. If anyone has any
suggestions
> as to where to find a better screen, perhaps a Universal Screen (with
the
> split prism) or another suggestion, I'd certainly appreciate it. I
have a 35
> f2.8, 50 f2.0 and a 90 f2.0
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>
> mcintyre@ca.inter.net
>
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