>Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 16:26:09 CST >From: "Wayne Jordan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Nikon F5 EC-R Focusing Screen? [v04.n201/5] >Message: 5 > >Hollo All! > >Just curious if anyone has heard or heard rumor of nikon making an EC-R >Focusing screen for the F5. (EC-B) = Black , (EC-R) = Red. > >Or as long as I am dreaming an EC-R Type E Screen (Same as EC-B, but >with red indicators and the grid from the E-Series focusing Screens) > >NIKON IF YOUR LISTENING, I BELIVE I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF F5 OWNERS >EVERYWHERE THIS IS WHAT WE WANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(pretty please)? > >Wayne Jordan >Jordan's Photography >Trussville, AL, US. Wayne, It's highly unlikely that we will see an electrochromic screen for the F5 with red indicator boxes. The screens for the F5 use LCD technology which is placed on a thin membrane between two pieces of plastic. When charged the selected focus sensor box will darken. The F-100 uses a different approach. The selected AF sensor is projected from the top of the prism onto the focusing screen. This allows them to use a light and a color making it easy to view in low light. When I first used the F5 I voiced at the difficult of seeing the focusing sensors in low light. It would be nice to see them at least light up (the arrows don't cut it) but I doubt we'll see anything. Ed
