[rollei_list] Re: Rolleigrid vs. Maxwell -- initial impressions.

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  • Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 00:34:19 +0100

interested to hear about some of the earlier screens being 'snappier' to
focus than others. From my limited personal experience and a lot of
web-trawling I'm beginning to get the impression that brightness does not
always equate to ease of focus. I have an FX and its brighter than my 35mm
OM1 but there is no comparison in the snap particularly outside the centre
zone. On the OM there is just a matte surface outside the centre whereas on
the my 'flex' those record grooves don't seem to help a bit. In fact I would
go to say its virtually unfocussable without the prism/split aids.
Chat


On 6/6/06, Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 

This is why I prefer the beattie screen over the Maxwell. I have used
a rolleigrid on the 2.8 C and agree with you relative to a comparison
with the maxwell, but feel the beattie is an improvement over the
rolleigrid both in terms of brightness and ease of focus. The beattie
snaps into focus for me; the maxwell does not...

Eric Goldstein


On 6/6/06, SandersM@xxxxxxx <SandersM@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Having disturbed the list with my earlier email in search of a
Rolleigrid, I
> thought I should provide an update.  I found my old Rolleigrid yesterday
and
> installed it in my 2.8C.  Now, I also have a Maxwell screen in my 3.5E,
so,
> at last, I am able to compare the two side-by-side.
>
> My initial impressions give the nod to the Rolleigrid.  It is not quite
as
> bright as the Maxwell screen, but it is plenty bright to compose with,
all
> the way out to the corners.  To my surprise, I found it a bit easier to
> focus the 2.8C with the Rolleigrid, compared to focusing the 3.5E with
the
> Maxwell screen.  I do not mean to speak unkindly of the Maxwell screen
-- I
> have used it for many years in my 3.5E and think highly of it, and I use
a
> Maxwell screen in my view camera.  But at first glance I do prefer the
> Rolleigrid.
>
> Sanders McNew
> www.mcnew.net
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