JCOC> stick with PENTAX. There is a guy on ebay JCOC> who installs new split image screens in JCOC> spotmatics for 59.99. Dont forget the JCOC> F3.5 wide angles are slow and have too JCOC> much depth of field to be "easy" to focus in JCOC> any camera. JCOC> JCO
Don't stick with Pentax ;-) I have a Asahi SP1000 (basically Spottie II without some bits), and the screen sucks (sorry wendy) in lowlight, even with 1.8/80 Zeiss Jena lens... Unfortunately, UNTIL the ME/MX line, about all Pentax viewfinders "sucked" compared to competition, in terms of focusing screen brightness and graininess. That's my opinion at least ;-) Your mileage may vary, of course :) OTOH, the finder is great if there is some contrast or enough light. Just not good for low light. I am currently thinking of fitting in a trimmed modern focusing screen (e.g. LX screen) (I am already into the SP1000's innards as I am doing a bit of CLA to it) Of course, the split-image modif. the guy does would help in low light, but I prefer to focus in such light not by split-image, but on the groundglass itself, like with the LX. It's the fastest and most positive in most cases. YMMV again ;) Wednesday, April 24, 2002, 1:45:57 AM, J. wrote: Good light, Frantisek Vlcek - 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 .
