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Subject: [OM] Re: [OM]Grandfather Mtn/Appalachian Trail
From: jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 14:15:40 -0500
Quoting Mark Dapoz <md@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> 
> On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > 
> > You really owe it to yourself to have a look through an
> E-1
> > viewfinder.  The only thing I miss from my OMs is the
> x-13
> > split-image focusing aid, and I only really miss that
> for
> > the wider Zuiko stuff.
> 
> There's someone working on producing a split-image
> focusing screen
> for the E-1 and the E-300.  It's supposed to be available
> in a few
> months at a cost of around $100US.  You can get a hi-lux
> treatment for
> it (I guess it makes it like a 2-13) for an extra $50US.
>                                       -mark

Thanks Mark.  The previous mention of the hi-lux treatment
is the first I had heard about that process.

Is an aftermarket x-13-type screen something you'll pursue?
 I don't think I would use it for long lenses.  I hope that
my remedy for the wider stuff is the LWMNBN. :)

Joel W.


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