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Re: [OM] swapping focusing screens

Subject: Re: [OM] swapping focusing screens
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 08:47:28 -0500
The only way a screen could be installed wrong is if the tab had been broken
off and the screen put in upside down.  Dull side of screen should be facing
up towards prism.  I'd start with adjusting the diopter properly, then do
the infinity test to check mirror angle.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Sommerwerck" <williams@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus group" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 6:21 AM
Subject: [OM] swapping focusing screens


> The recent complaint about badly focused images after switching to a new
> screen suggests the screen was misinstalled. If so, objects closer than
the
> focused distance should be in focus. If everything in every picture is
> consistently out of focus, the problem probably lies elsewhere.
>
> I follow a rather odd practice when swapping screens. Holding the body
> upside-down, I drop in the screen so it falls against the bottom of the
> pentaprism -- rather than dropping it into the frame.
>
>



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