----- Original Message ----- From: "wendy beard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 4:45 PM Subject: K1000 and focusing screens
> Dear All, > I took a recently acquired K1000 out to play today. The clarity of the > viewfinder nearly blew my socks off! > I was using a 50mm f1.4, which probably helped, but I noticed that the > focusing screen was clear. Is this a standard screen in K1000s? > I've moaned about the muddy viewfinder of my LX before so I put the same > lens on that and compared the two (LX has a split screen). Not only was the > view through LX slightly dingier, but it also had a noticeable yellow cast > to it. > Anyone else noticed any differences like this? > > Wendy Yup. The K1000 actually has a pretty bright screen in it. Unfortunately, they don't seem to be a terribly accurate viewfinder. I have owned two of them, and in both, the finder image was several millimeters off the film image. William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
