1-4 would be the same brightness as the 1-13, the matte areas being the
same. You'd have to try a 2 series screen or a Beattie.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Marten Beels" <mbeels@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 11:36 AM
Subject: [OM] focusing screen questions
> Hello all,
> Having recently acquired an autobellows, I'm finding
> that the standard 1-13 focusing screen gets difficult
> to use with a really dim image. Something brighter
> for macro photography is in order. So now I'm looking
> at the different focusing screens. The 1-4 looks to
> be about right, but I'm not used to focusing with just
> a matte area. Which brings me to the 1-11, how do
> those cross hair focusing aids work? Neither my 2n
> nor PC have diopters which the eSIF says need to be
> adjusted to use this screen properly.
>
> On another note, I went shopping for a new (larger)
> camera bag. Before I joined this list, my entire kit
> could fit into one compact bag, but no longer! I
> brought the lenses (and bodies) that I would
> anticipate using on one photo outing to my local
> camera store and tried out some of their bags. The
> latest big "pro" Tamrac bags appear to have been
> designed for large zooms and fat bodies, because my
> little OM-2n, 35-70 f/3.5-4.5, 100 f/2.8 and others
> were just swimming around with tons of room! It's
> amazing how much OM gear can fit into a small bag,
> kinda like the clowns climbing into their car at the
> circus.
>
> Marten
>
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