Look for a broken P30t, it has the diagonal split. Personally I prefer horizontal, that's why I have a P30n rather than the t.
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Cory Papenfuss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 6:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: focusing screens - thickness? > > > On Mon, 30 Jan 2006, Patrick Schork wrote: > > > I converted an MX screen for my use on my DS - no problems with > thickness. > > > With the encouragement of this thread, I went by the local camera > shop today. He's got lots of old junk cameras, so I bought the > split-prism screen out of an old dead Minolta for $5. After about 1/2 > hour of sanding on it, I got it from the original size of > > 1.405"x920"x0.050" > > to that of the -DS's stock screen of > > 0.985"x690"x0.050" > > Preliminary testing seems to imply accurate focusing (both manual > and auto), and negligible impact on metering. I'm pumped! I can now > immediately zero in on correct focus with all my old MF glass. I'm also > able to read the split prism down to f/8-f/11 by careful eye placement. > > One thing to note... on these smaller sizes, the split prism is a > larger *fraction* of the viewfinder. Doesn't bother me, but it does take > up 1/4-1/3 of the vertical distance. > > Now... if only I could find one with a *diagonal* split, rather > than the horizontal, I'd be cooking. > > Thanks for the idea. > -Cory > > > -- > > ************************************************************************* > * Cory Papenfuss * > * Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student * > * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * > ************************************************************************* >
