Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I went out and got E screens for all my Nikons. " Type E ? Type B with a grid of 5 horizontal and 3 vertical lines. Called "architectural screen" and excellent for "Rule of Thirds" pictorialist compositions. The most popular replacement screen" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_F2 Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 16:51:35 -0700 (GMT-07:00) > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Some technical speculations re: rangefinder > > Herbert Kanner > >> If you remember film SLR cameras, they all had a focusing aid in the >> center of the screen, implying that just focusing on a ground glass >> was sometimes difficult. The first kind I saw were a couple of >> shallow crossed prims in the center, giving the effect of a split >> image rangefinder. > > The Nikon A screen was supplied with the F. The "ground glass" (actually > matte plastic) was fine for long lenses. The split-image focussing aid was > handy for wider lenses where the ground glass was more difficult to focus. > > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information