[rollei_list] Re: Maxwell screen for my 2.8E? Should I do it despite the $$$?

  • From: "Jeffery Smith" <jls@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:05:01 -0500

Harry Fleenor is putting one on my 3.5E Xenotar, and Bill Maxwell himself
installed one on my other 3.5E Xenotar. I will probably eventually have them
put on my other Rolleis. For me, the bottom line was that the Rolleiflex can
be difficult to focus in dim light. Having a bright screen with a split
image certainly helps. But you want to put it on a Rollei 2.8E Planar with a
scratched taking lens [gasp!!!]. I don't know if I'd install one on a beater
Rollei. If you shoot mostly outdoors, you might be able to do without. I did
notice that the Maxwell screen makes it easier for me to focus without the
magnifying lens. I don't know that they are 6x brighter (that seems
downright blinding).

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com
http://400tx.blogspot.com/



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Subject: [rollei_list] Maxwell screen for my 2.8E? Should I do it despite
the $$$?


Paul Ebel is working on my 2.8E and I thought perhaps I'd have him install a
Maxwell screen while he has it.  I hear they are phenominal, with something
like 6x the brightness of the standard Rollei screen.

The bad news, of course, is that they cost $150USD.  So, should I do it?
Are they worth it?

Richard S.
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