Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you wanna get technical, it's "matte." Francesco At 12:47 PM 11/9/98 , Ted Grant wrote: >>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! > > >Hi there, > >I guess it's my description of "matt". I should have used "plain ground >glass screen (14304)" > >But it sure is a wonderful screen to work with. I know of photographers who >use the, "the plain ground glass with grid lines (14306)" to keep horizon >lines straight and other compositional aspects correct, but I found the >gridlines always a distraction. > >I hope this clarifies my "matt" description. > >ted >