[Leica] IMG: PAW 38 dlridings

[luisripoll at telefonica.net (Luis Ripoll)]

Hi Daniel 

Thank you very much for your details, I see that my information was not
exact..., and a Beattie is not cheap.

Maybe I have not understood correctly, I'm sorry if your camera was
stolen....

Saludos cordiales
Luis


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De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En nombre de
Daniel Ridings
Enviado el: lunes, 24 de septiembre de 2007 16:01
Para: Leica Users Group
Asunto: Re: [Leica] IMG: PAW 38 dlridings

Luis Ripoll wrote:

> for me is very difficult focus on my Rolleiflex 2,8E, I know that 
> screens are improved on the F series, or I'll install maybe a Beattie 
> intescreen.

Luis,

My advice is to not change screens. The Beattie screens and the Maxwell
screens are brighter, no doubt about it, but they are more difficult to
focus. The image doesn't snap in and out of focus like it does with
traditional ground glass. The fresnel image looks bright a sharp long before
it is actually in focus.

I had one, I took it out and put the original back in.

On Rolleicords I do like something called a "Rolleigrid". It is a fresnel
sheet that you place on top of the normal screen. The fresnel redirects the
light from the dark corners back into the frame. It helps a lot and retains
the ground glass characteristics when it comes to an image snapping in and
out of focus.

Most of these, and all of the available light shots, were taken with a
Rolleiflex 3.5E with an original screen. The Rolleiflex T has a plastic
ground glass screen and I find it a little more difficult; probably because
it has a focussing aid in the middle that sends you looking for a vertical
line to use it on and I don't usually have a lot of those close to the eyes
:-)

Thanks!

Daniel

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