You get used to the focusing. I ended up buying one off a guy on Ebay - it's in great condition (almost unused) and the only service I've had to do to it so far (touch wood) was replace the light trap in the back; which I did myself.
I never did like the 45 degree finders and prefer, myself, to use the waist level finder. As a buddy of mine used to say; "People nowadays don't expect you to be looking _DOWN_ into a camera to focus but instead they expect you to be holding the camera up to your eye level. This allows for something more natural when you trip the shutter - especially with kids". Cheers, Dave -----Original Message----- From: David Brooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 7:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RE: Medium Format-Which one is best? David Did you wind up buying the one you looked at Merkle in the summer. One ? though.Do they have aother focus screens available.I found it hard to tell if i was focused with the screen in the one you were testing in the store. Dave