Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/07
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>Are the focusing screens this guy makes and sells really that much
>brighter than the standard Leica R or Rolleiflex screens?
I can't answer as to the Leica R screens, but I'm using a Maxwell screen
in both my Rolleiflexes ('51 3.5MX Tessar, '81 3.5F "Whiteface" Xenotar).
The difference between his screen and the stock screens in either camera
is just staggering: about 3 stops brighter overall, even illumination
right to the corners, and far far easier to focus. The new screen
transforms the '51 camera into the equal of a '90s camera viewfinder-wise.
The '81 is even better due to a better mirror.
I tried a Beattie Intenscreen in a Hasselblad at the local shop and was
very unimpressed. Yes, it was very bright, but it was not easy to focus
with.
Godfrey