[rollei_list] Re: Another question about recent Rollei TLRs
- From: CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 18:41:57 -0300
This sample was taken with the SL66 and focused with one of the two
original SL66 focusing screens using the f4 Distagon lens, the natural
light came from a little window and I needed a long exposure time to
take the photograph, I had no problems to focus the image, it is sharp
in the internet and out of the internet:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/4716333685
Carlos
2012/1/1 CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>:
> 2012/1/1 Jim Brick <jim@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>> I was using Hasselblads for decades before getting my Rollei SL66s. My
>> Hasselblads had the latest Acute-Matte D screens which were very bright,
>> corner to corner. By comparison, I could barely use the native SL66 focusing
>> screens. So I bought and installed Maxwell screens in my three SL66s. What a
>> HUGE difference. And focusing ease and accuracy with the Maxwell screens
>> left the Acute-Matte D screens in the dust! The Maxwell screens were hands
>> down better. If I were to keep my Hasselblads, I would have replaced the
>> Acute-Matte D screens with Maxwell screens.
>>
>> When I was 14 (I'm 74 now) I got my first real camera, a Rolleicord III.
>> With young eyes, viewing and focusing seemed OK. But at some point later on,
>> I got a Rolleigrid - a fresnel lens that simply dropped in on top of the
>> built-in focusing screen. It did indeed brighten-up the viewing image and
>> made focusing easier.
>
> Your experience is a valuable one Jim, however other users also with
> similar experience using the original focusing screens and the Maxwell
> screens have a different opinion, this is Daniel Ridings opinion taken
> from a public discussion on the topic and you can find similar
> opiniions in the web:
>
> " I just want to confirm Carlos statement that some find it more
> difficult to focus with the brighter, after-market, screens on older
> Rolleiflexes and Rolleicords.
>
> For Rolleiflexes with a 2.8 viewing/focusing lens, I've gone back to
> just the original stuff.
>
> For Rolleicords (the older ones, V and before) that have 3.5 viewing
> lenses, I've tried both. I have a Maxwell screen in my Rolleicord V,
> but I opted out of installing one in my Rolleicord IV or the
> Rolleiflex I got from Phil. I could have had it installed in the
> Rolleiflex, but in my experience, the brighter screens just do not
> "snap" into focus. The whole screen looks good, so it is difficult to
> find the point that is in focus.
>
> I came across a Rolleigrid on eBay a while back. I just pop it in the
> Rolleicord, but when it comes to the Rolleiflexes, I have just never
> needed one.
>
> I had a brighter screen in my Rolleiflex E, but I ended up putting the
> original back.
>
> As they say ... your mileage may vary. It's a personal thing.
>
> Daniel"
>
> Carlos
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