Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I'm not sure the SL and SL2 screens are fully interchangable - it has > something to do with the added aperture display in the SL2. Feli, I > think you'd do well to borrow an SL2 first (or, find one at a store) to > see if you really want the split-image focussing aid. IMHO neither the > split-image thingie or the coarse microprism surrounding (SL2 standard) > it is big enough to be used easily, but the microprism w/o the split > image (SL standard) is. On one of my Rolleicords I have a split-image screen. It was on my second one and at first I thought it would be really nice. But I find myself focussing without it all the time. It just gets in the way. The details I focus on (eyes in portraits) just do not lend themselves to being focused with split images. Daniel > Try practicing in dim light before committing > to the screen swap. I have 2 SL2 bodies; I bought one with the > all-microprism screen already installed, and I had the other changed to > the all-microprism screen 'cuz the split-image focussing aid was more of > a distraction than help. BTW Leica USA no longer has any SL2 > all-microprism screens, and my black SL2 has the last one Solms had. > > > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html