Scattered Thoughts . . .

M y 40 year old medium format film camera had a simple matte focusing screen on it which made focusing a bit difficult.  This matte screen simply showed the scene and you would have to sort of guess what was the best focus.  There was nothing to help you actually see if the image is in perfect focus.  Using only your eyes makes it easy to slightly miss focus especially with older eyes like mine.  I knew I wanted to replace this focusing screen with a better one. The main problem with wanting to replace anything on this camera is that this is a 40 year old film camera that has been out of production for decades.  Finding parts can be difficult.  Regardless, I went on a search for the type of focusing screen I wanted.   I wanted a screen with a split prism in the very center, a micro-prism collar surrounding the split prism, and a matte ground glass field.  These can be difficult to find now but I happened to find one in Japan so I purchased i...

About a week ago, I wrote about the LCD screen on my newly converted infrared camera delaminating so badly that it was difficult to see anything on the screen.  I knew I needed to remove the top protective layer and replace it with a new LCD screen protector.  Finding one for this old camera was extremely difficult though. The screen protector that I purchased was a package of two protectors, thankfully.  The first try didn't go well...  not at all!  That first one was peeled off the LCD screen and tossed in the trash bin.  I had bubbles in it as well as dust.  It looked terrible so I pulled it off. When I attempted to apply that first screen protector for the first time, I instantly realized that these screen protectors are slightly too long.  Before I applied the second screen protector, I used an X-Acto knife to slice off one end of the second protector and then rounded the corners with scissors.  I think it was still too large though beca...