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Availability of focus screens for Rollei SL66E


manfred_nehab

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I am currently in the process of buying a screen for my SL66. So far I have found that B&H Photo in New York has them. Check their web site at www.bhphotovideo.com.

 

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Beattie also makes their brighter screens. I have their number at work, let me know if you need it. The all matte "intenscreen" goes for $149.00 US. Supposedly you can get it cheaper from authorized dealers. I'm going through Calumet in Bensenville IL.

 

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Hadley Chamberlain in Newport Beach California is an excellent source of all bits and peices for the Rollei SL66 systems.

 

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James Haney

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hey!

i just got my sl66 and it looks waaay brighter than my mamiya rb.

i put a screen in the mamiya made by a guy in decatur ga. named bill maxwell for 1/2 the price of a beattie and he engraved a grid on it for an extra 5 bucks! hard to beat!! did it in 3 days too!

bill maxwell @ maxwell precision optics 404.939.6644

makes beauty loupes, too!

tom meyer

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I finally did buy the intenscreen for my SL66 and boy, did it make a

difference. Focusing with the 5.6 120 S Planar was suddenly like using

the 80mm 2.8! And the 80mm is now amazingly bright. I had Beattie make

me one with absolutely no lines or focusing aids so I could use it for

close-up work without dealing with all of the subsequent problems you

get with split screens going black and the sort.

 

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I must say I really prefer the camera now to the old screen. I even

think my compositions are improved without the damn split prism in the

center of the screen distracting me. And if anything my focus has been

better without the "focusing aid."

 

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James

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