Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]thanks for the helpful advice and caveats. i ordered the screen. brightscreen said there were no adjustments that needed to be made, but that some of the work was intricate. i see what they mean. i'll do all my work inside a box or something to keep the pieces from flying around. thanks again! - -rei p.s. hillsdale? i'm in ridgewood! > From: "Paul C. Brodek" <pcb@skyweb.net> > > I did this on my Viso IIA, and it wasn't a complicated procedure---no > shimming or need for fancy alignment tools. The main challenge are 4 > (I think) small spring-loaded ball bearings that lurk under the screen > frame. You need to gingerly loosen the frame setscrews to make sure > the ball bearings don't fly out and get lost. Then you need to make > sure they stay in place, against the spring pressure, when you replace > the screen frame. Just go slow and deliberately, and it should go > smoothly. > > The view is appreciably brighter with the brightscreen. > > Good luck! > > PB > > > On Thu, 7 Mar 2002 07:52:20 -0500 (EST), "Rei Shinozuka" > <shino@panix.com> wrote: > > >i see that www.brightscreen.com has viso brightscreens for viso II or III. > >the normal screen is not bad, but i have a brightscreen in my rollei 2.8F > >(which has user-changable screens) and it's very nice. > > > >can the screen in the (normal) viso III be user-replaced? or are there > >shims or complicated adjustments that need to be done when changing the screen? > > > >brightscreen can do it for $40. > > > >thanks, > > > >-rei > > > > Paul C. Brodek > Hillsdale, N.J. U.S.A. > E-mail: pcb@skyweb.net > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html