[rollei_list] Re: Another question about recent Rollei TLRs
- From: Jim Brick <jim@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 18:03:19 -0800
Correct! I HATE WITH A PASSION, all of that garbage that resides in the center
of some screens. My Maxwell screens are PLAIN with grid. As were my Acute-Matte
screens, as are the screens in all of my 35mm size SLR/DSLR cameras.
Jim
Jim Brick
Sunnyvale, CA
http://www.photomojo.org
On Jan 1, 2012, at 5:29 PM, Kirk Thompson wrote:
> I didn't anticipate so wide a difference of opinion about this!
>
> I'm one of those who found Maxwell screens a great improvement over Rollei
> screens up to 3.5Fv3. So I'll just have to wait and look at one of the new
> Rollei screens, compared to my F, & see if I'm impressed by the difference in
> brightness. I won't order a Maxwell screen ahead of time.
>
> Could the difference of opinion follow from the two versions of Maxwell
> screens? I have two that are plain grids and two that have split-image
> focusing aids. My experience is that the plain grids 'pop' right into focus,
> but the focusing aids are harder to use and mostly a nuisance. They're
> brighter than Rollei screens, but the point of focus doesn't seem as decisive.
>
> Just a guess: Perhaps Jim is using grid screens & Daniel tried the split
> image?
>
> Kirk
>
> PS, I certainly admire the image Carlos posted – not just for its sharpness
> but for its way of making me think that I'm looking at the kind of '30s
> Modernist machinery of which Rolleis are such an outstanding example.
>
> Here I am, wandering off my own topic, but: Having just mentioned Rolleis
> and Modernism, I wonder if thre's any source that discusses Rollei aesthetic
> development?? I recently read the whole Philips book, and he surveys all
> sources re: the engineering, but says nothing about their gorgeously evolving
> external form. IMO the Old Standard is a masterpiece of art deco design
> (even more so than the embellished and 'officially' Art Deco Rolleicord); and
> the Automat is my favorite example of before-and-after-the-war industrial
> Modernism. Any references about this? In English or French – my German is
> just too rusty?
>
> K
>
> From: jim@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Another question about recent Rollei TLRs
> Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 12:49:58 -0800
> To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> 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.
>
> Jim
>
>
> Jim Brick
> Sunnyvale, CA
> http://www.photomojo.org
>
>
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