Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted: Leica makes the plain ground glass screen (14304), the all microprism (14305), the plain ground glass with grid lines (14306), and the clear screen with cross-hairs (14307). None of the above descriptions, from Brian Bowers' "Leica Reflex Photography" book containing the R8, mention the word "matt" as you have done below. Please clarify. Thanks! Ted Grant wrote: > Eric wrote: > >The one that came with the camera. But I've seen the groundglass screen, > >and it's amazing.>>>>> > > Eric, > > I've always used the matt screen in any of my leica SLR's and in the R8 it > makes the image a whole bunch brighter and much easier to focus. > > With the long glass it makes a difference of night to day. Sure beats the > standard screen that comes with the body. > > ted