Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I thought all of the Leica R screens are made by Minolta (Acute-Matte); the same Minolta nobody makes after market screens for (Guess why!) and who makes the OEM Hassy screens anymore! What gives? Lucian On Tue, 18 May 1999, Jim Brick wrote: > Doug is correct. The only meter cells in R cameras is behind the mirror. > The screen makes no difference what so ever. > > And, Brightscreens are way better than Beattie screens. Most optional Leica > screens (supplied by Leica) are Brightscreens. The Fresnel Beattie > produces, as Doug says, tunnel vision. I use DOF preview in my R cameras > and it's great with a Brightscreen, useless with a Beattie. > > IMHE (In My Humble Experience) > > Jim > > > At 10:21 PM 5/18/99 -0400, you wrote: > >On Tue, 18 May 99, Andrew Nemeth wrote: > > > >>Just got one of these focus screens to augment the standard > >>screen which came with my R6.2. > > > ><SNIP> > > > > > >>o Because it transmits (slightly) more light, the instructions > >> which come with the screen warn you that with an R4, you > >> will have to make EV allowances when using the camera exposure > >> meter on manual. You won't have to do so however when you > >> use the camera on auto as this is metered through the mirror > >> in the camera body (and not the pentaprism). This switcheroo > >> would be a real pain for R4 users! > >> > > > > > >uhh.. I don't think so. As far as I know the R4's only meter cell is in > >the bottom of the mirror box, and it receives it's light via the secondary > >mirror behing the viewfinder mirror. The R3, if it had interchangable > >viewscreens, would have required adjustment for spot vs. center-weighted > >metering. If the R4 is anything like my R4sP (and the R4s I used to use) > >the single meter cell is used for all modes. > > > >FWIW, I found the Brightscreen more useful. With my 400 f/6.8 the Beattie > >produced a "tunnel vision" effect in the viewfinder and the area outside > >the central spot metering area was more difficult to focus. This combined > >with the tunnel effect persuaded me to return it after about 5 minutes' > >use. I like the Brightscreen (www.brightscreen.com) much better. > > > >Doug Herr > >Sacramento > >http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt > > >