[LRflex] Re: Film vs. Digital Gamut

  • From: <dsaalsaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 17:16:16 -0500

yes, it has a split screen surrounded by a micro prism collar.  Split screen 
doesn't blacken out until about f/11  I have used it with my 400mm Telyt 
with good results.  Much, much better than the  stock finder screen.

Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bob palmieri" <rpalmier@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 4:34 PM
Subject: [LRflex] Re: Film vs. Digital Gamut


> Dave -
>
> Is it a split image??
>
> Have you used it with the Telyt (or other slow lens; I tend to shoot
> mine at f/8)?
>
> Bob Palmieri
>
>
> On May 9, 2006, at 4:17 PM, <dsaalsaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I put a Katz Eye Plus  focus screen in my 20D and it helped immensely.
>> Brightened things up a bit too.
>>
>> Dave
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Young" <telyt@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 4:07 PM
>> Subject: [LRflex] Re: Film vs. Digital Gamut
>>
>>
>>> Bob Palmieri wrote:
>>>
>>>> Folks -
>>>
>>> <gamut snip>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Which brings me to another issue... I can barely focus with the stock
>>>> screen in the 20D (all of you DMR owners feel free to gloat away.)
>>>> Has
>>>> anyone used any of the aftermarket screens on the 20D with the 400
>>>> Telyt??
>>>
>>>
>>> I found the screen in the 20D to be not the best for the Telyt
>>> 400.  The 20D's VF is inherently darker, too.  It's one of the main
>>> reasons why I switched to the DMR.  (Sorry!)
>>>
>>> I'm waiting for a couple of screens from Bill Maxwell (I had him add
>>> his Hi Lux coating and the DMR's sensor lines to my existing
>>> microprism and plain gg screens. It was no more expensive than buying
>>> new DMR-marked screens from Leica!) that are presently in the
>>> post.  I'll let you know how they work out, once they're here.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Y'know... I almost get the feeling that if I had hung one of my SL's
>>>> with 200 speed slide film on the back of the lens I might be
>>>> happier...
>>>> anyway, here's my best reduction into sRGB JPEG world of some
>>>> representative shots:
>>>>
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album409
>>>>
>>>> Maybe later I'll work up a crop of the Tanager; the eyeball is rather
>>>> nicely rendered in a way that disappears in this version...
>>>
>>> The .jpg's look pretty good to me!  Of course, I don't know these
>>> birds, and so cannot comment on the actual likeness.
>>>
>>> The shot of the Tanager is particularly nice!
>>>
>>> Sorry I can't help with your gamut problem. :-(
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>>
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> David Young,
>>> Logan Lake, CANADA
>>>
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>>>
>>>
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