I used to do this when I was killing time at my desk between repairs at
Olympus.
Draw a box the same size as your focus screen. Draw your grid on the paper.
Carefully lay your screen over the drawing. Tape atleast two corners of the
screen to keep it from moving. For obvious reasons, allow only the tiniest
amount of tape to touch the screen.
Carefully lay a straight edge over the screen in-line with the lines you
drew on the paper, which you can now see through the screen.
Carefully drag the tip of a NEW single edge razor blade over the screen,
tracing your first line. Repeat 3 more times.
I showed these to Pasquale Ferazzoli (who ran the Tech. Representative
department at the time) and he was quite impressed.
You can end up with very fine lines as are found on the 1-10 screen, much
finer than the Beattie lines.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Hal Landvoigt" <hal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 7:16 PM
Subject: [OM] Modifying Olympus Screen
| I'd like to take a basic 1-3 or 1-13 screen and put a grid on it similar
| to the 1-10 screen. However I would like the grid to follow the "Rule
| of Thirds". I'm not planning to use this 1000f the time, rather I
| would just like something that visually reminds me to think about
| composition. Since I've never actually seen a 1-10 screen I'm not sure
| how the lines are put on it. Are they scribed into it or is some sort
| of ink/paint used? I've thought about using something like a scratch
| awl and a small steel rule to scribe lines onto the smooth side of the
| screen. Anyone have any thoughts or ideas?
|
| Hal Landvoigt
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