[Leica] 5D Screens from Brightscreen (was Epson RD 1)

[cummer at netvigator.com (Howard Cummer)]

From: "Steve Unsworth" <lug@steveunsworth.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [Leica] re: Epson RD-1
I bought a brightscreen for my 5D - www.brightscreen.com - and it 
works very very well. Much easier to focus that the screen that ships 
as standard as it has microsprism and split rangefinder.

I've also heard that the R8/9 screens fit, but haven't tried this myself.

Steve

Dear Luggers,
Another screen option from Brightscreen is the microprism circle 
without the rangefinder. For my eyes this is better than the split 
image microprism as the image is less "busy". With the microprism 
circle when you close your Leica R lenses down past f4.0 the 
microprisms begin to black out so it is best for focussing with lens 
open wider than f4.0 - which is where you should be using Leica 
lenses anyway IMHO. I have installed an R 8 screen in my 5D but it is 
a tight fit and you risk damaging the screen when you try to take 
them out. I used air to dislodge the screen which stuck in the camera.
Best Regards
Howard (in Hong Kong)