[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 20:35:15 -0500

For Harry Fleenor, 12 weeks.

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



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


What's the turn around time for this conversion?

Slobodan Dimitrov
Studio G-8,
Angels Gate Cultural Center
http://sdimitrovphoto.com





On Aug 23, 2006, at 6:05 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:

> 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/
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard
> Sintchak
> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 7:55 PM
> To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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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