F3 focusing screen

[steven_oster]

1.I am interested in doing some night-time landscape photography and would be

interested in knowing which screen would give a bright image to work with.

Seeing DOF is not important, as I will be working mostly at infinity. I

understand the M screen may be good for this? Any other suggestions?

 

2.I would also like another screen for focusing a 50mm 1.2, the K screen is

alright, but I like to hear some suggestions, perhaps a G2, or H2? This would be

used for low-light portraits wide open. With the K screen I find the fresnel

area easier and faster than the focusing aids for focusing on people's eyeballs,

but perhaps the larger microprism area of G and H screens would be easy?

 

thank you.

[gary_watson]

For starters, I swapped out the K screens from my F3 and FE bodies for E grids whenever NOS screens surfaced. The G+H series screens are dedicated to specific focal length ranges--not exactly a one-size-fits-all solution. J screens for the F3 are another option. Stephen Gandy's www.cameraquest.com is worth a look for screen info. Also useful is www.nikonlinks.com

[lex_jenkins]

I like the E gridscreen for my F3HP. It's bright and crisp enough for easy focusing at night under moonlight or streetlights.

 

A split image focusing aid can be useful at night with fast lenses, f/2.8 or faster. But with slower lenses it's worse than no focusing aid at all.

 

Microprism focus aids are virtually useless at night and worse than useless with lenses slower than f/2.8.