Rolleilflex 3.5MX Tessar and Maxwell Screen: Where to purchase?

[carbonado]

Can anyone give me some pointers about Maxwell screens in Rolleiflex?

 

I just purchased a used Rolleilflex 3.5MX Tessar, and I'm really

digging how it works and how the pictures look. I've heard about

Maxwell screens -- and Beattie screens -- and understand that they

run around $140 or so.

 

Who do I contact? Is there a webpage for (Bill?) Maxwell? Are the

screens user installable?

 

What about Beattie screens? Better? Worse? Cheaper? User-installable?

[godfrey]

I tried a Beattie screen once and found it to be bright but hard to

focus, and the scribe lines I like were very coarse and

obnoxious.

<br><br>

Bill Maxwell's focusing screens are very bright and even in

illumination, and provide superb focusing 'tooth'. While you can

probably install one yourself, I took the opportunity to have my '51

3.5MX CLA'ed and the focusing system calibrated when I had it

done. Well worth the money I spent!

<br><br>

Bill is available by phone or letter:

<br><br>

<b>Bill Maxwell<br>

Maxwell Precision Optics<br>

P.O. Box 33146<br>

Decatur, GA 30033-0146<br>

USA<br>

404-244-0095 </b>

<br><br>

Godfrey

[andrew_schank]

I second everything that was said above--my exact experience with Beatie and the Maxwell screens on a Rollei TLR. I installed the screens myself, and the 3.5 F was a simple drop in because that camera had a removeable hood. The one in an old Rolleicord was a bit more tricky because it originally had a thicker real ground glass on it, so I had to shim the hood up as per Maxwell's instructions or the focus calibration between focusing and the taking lens would be thrown off.

[mike_watkins]

I bought a used Mamiya RB67 screen from B&H Photo and cut it down to fit the rolleiflex (MX). There is a site that tells you how to do it here http://home.t-online.de/home/pjwum/rolleiflex_screen.htm

 

Its ten times brighter than the old screen and cost me about $30.

 

Mike.