I'm a newbie for 2-4 focus screen & just got from a list member.
Before I got the 2-4 screen, I put a Pentex screen to instead of 1
series screen because it is near 2/3 stop brighter than 1 series
screen. Yes, as Chris said, it was very hard to focus accurately in
low light condition with 1 series screen. I found Pentax one is more
easier.
Upon I got 2-4 screen, I compare with Pentax one & 1 series, it is
very brightness. No problem to focus in low light enviorment. I heard
some experience user said that there will be too bright in sunny day
but I never tried because the weather is not good in HK in this 2
weeks.
I believe 2 series screen is more helpful.
--
Michael
An Olympus OM system fans
2007/6/13, Chris Crawford <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> I'm surpised how many people don't see a difference between the 1 and 2
> series OM screens. Getting 2-13 screens for my OM-4T bodies absolutely
> revolutionized my low light work. For years I could not get a properly
> focused image in low light. I'd always be back or front focused even if it
> looked good on screen. I used to think there was something wrong with the
> cameras but I noticed my problems weren't consistant and didn't happen in
> bright light even with the lens wide open. I simply couldn't see the image
> well enough in dim light with the 1 series screen. I bought a 2-13 from John
> Hermanson and put it in one of my OM-4T bodies and OMG I couldn't believe
> it. I could focus in low light..ACCURATELY. As soon as I had the money I
> bought another 2-13 for my other body (thanks to Bill Barber) and I wouldn't
> go back.
>
> I don't use the screen to judge bokeh, just to focus and compose so that
> isn't an issue for me. If you only do daylight work then a 1 series is ok.
> It's better than most older manual focus SLR screens (I have a minolta
> SRT-101 that I find hard to focus even in bright daylight, for example). But
> in dim available light I simply cannot get reliably sharp images with the
> 1-series screen.
>
>
> --
> Chris Crawford
> Photography & Graphic Design
> Santa Fe, New Mexico
>
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>
>
> On 6/12/07 6:54 PM, "Winsor Crosby" <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> > There was a lot of enthusiasm for that screen by a lot of list
> > members, but I never thought it was much of an enhancement. Some
> > people "proved" its superiority by measuring its brightness, but
> > damned if I could ever see the brightness difference even in low
> > light. Its disadvantage for me was the weird appearance of the out of
> > focus areas compared to the ground glass of the 1-13 and I was using
> > that for primary focus more and more. At the time it seemed a lot of
> > money for improvements you had to talk yourself into.
> >
> >
> >
> > Winsor
> > Long Beach, California, USA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On / June 12, 2007 CE, at 4:34 PM, usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Finally obtained a black 4T to add to the stable of the OM2 / 2N
> >> and am very pleased ? ;-)) as well to obtain a 2-13 screen.?
> >
> >
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