Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Luis Ripoll wrote: > for me is very difficult focus on my Rolleiflex 2,8E, I know > that screens are improved on the F series, or I'll install maybe a Beattie > intescreen. Luis, My advice is to not change screens. The Beattie screens and the Maxwell screens are brighter, no doubt about it, but they are more difficult to focus. The image doesn't snap in and out of focus like it does with traditional ground glass. The fresnel image looks bright a sharp long before it is actually in focus. I had one, I took it out and put the original back in. On Rolleicords I do like something called a "Rolleigrid". It is a fresnel sheet that you place on top of the normal screen. The fresnel redirects the light from the dark corners back into the frame. It helps a lot and retains the ground glass characteristics when it comes to an image snapping in and out of focus. Most of these, and all of the available light shots, were taken with a Rolleiflex 3.5E with an original screen. The Rolleiflex T has a plastic ground glass screen and I find it a little more difficult; probably because it has a focussing aid in the middle that sends you looking for a vertical line to use it on and I don't usually have a lot of those close to the eyes :-) Thanks! Daniel