Beattie Intenscreen RIP?

stevebrot · 11-30-2015, 05:49 PM

I was very disturbed to find that the public face of Beattie Intenscreen (long-time makers of superb quality third-party focus screens) at camerascreens.com now indicates that they are no longer in business. This appears to be a fairly recent development in that a 26 September 2015 crawl by web.archive.org showed a fully operational Web site offering a full range of product. In addition, a recent thread on this site featured a link to a product page that apparently was recently live.

Beattie Intenscreen Bright Focusing Screens

https://web.archive.org/web/20150524073548/http://www.camerascreens.com/index.php

If Beattie truly has ceased operation, this is a sad time in photographic history. Beattie screens have long been a high-performance focus screen option for professionals. Although support has been limited in recent years to film camera models, their demise would be a significant loss.

Steve

**csa** · 11-30-2015, 07:08 PM

I just recently read on this forum that they are still taking orders, but that they wait until they get a certain amount of orders before processing/filling them.

I don't know if this is true, will try to find the thread.

RAART · 11-30-2015, 07:54 PM

they operated at least in August... this is email exchange between me and them:

We have screens for the Pentax LX, PZ-1, 645 and 6x7. I don’t believe any of these are compatible with the K-3.

Regards,
Carrie

-----Original Message-----
From: Ray Schmitt, ORAFOL Display Optics
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 7:58 AM
To: Carrie Baubie, ORAFOL Display Optics
Subject: FW: Contact form from website

-----Original Message-----
From: info@orafol.com [mailto:info@orafol.com]
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 1:18 AM
To: Ray Schmitt, ORAFOL Display Optics
Subject: Contact form from website

**patrick9** · 11-30-2015, 09:26 PM

Looks like they have joined Katzeye in the no longer in business group.

**WPRESTO** · 12-01-2015, 04:57 AM

How I hope that Ricoh offers a few useful screen options for the upcoming K1. I've always preferred an all-mocroprism center for manual focusing, going way back to pre-Spotmatic Pentax bodies. Replaced the stock screen of my LX with an all-microprism. Got a Katzeye for the K5 that has the ubiquitous microprism doughnut around a diagonal wedge-rangefinder, but I just do not like the rangefinder. For me it just distracts from the more useful microprism.

11-30-2015, 05:49 PM	#1
stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007	Beattie Intenscreen RIP? I was very disturbed to find that the public face of Beattie Intenscreen (long-time makers of superb quality third-party focus screens) at camerascreens.com now indicates that they are no longer in business. This appears to be a fairly recent development in that a 26 September 2015 crawl by web.archive.org showed a fully operational Web site offering a full range of product. In addition, a recent thread on this site featured a link to a product page that apparently was recently live. Beattie Intenscreen Bright Focusing Screens https://web.archive.org/web/20150524073548/http://www.camerascreens.com/index.php If Beattie truly has ceased operation, this is a sad time in photographic history. Beattie screens have long been a high-performance focus screen option for professionals. Although support has been limited in recent years to film camera models, their demise would be a significant loss. Steve

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11-30-2015, 07:08 PM	#2
csa Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Montana mountains Posts: 10,133	I just recently read on this forum that they are still taking orders, but that they wait until they get a certain amount of orders before processing/filling them. I don't know if this is true, will try to find the thread.

11-30-2015, 07:54 PM	#3
RAART Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Oakville, ON Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,095	they operated at least in August... this is email exchange between me and them: We have screens for the Pentax LX, PZ-1, 645 and 6x7. I don’t believe any of these are compatible with the K-3. Regards, Carrie -----Original Message----- From: Ray Schmitt, ORAFOL Display Optics Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 7:58 AM To: Carrie Baubie, ORAFOL Display Optics Subject: FW: Contact form from website -----Original Message----- From: info@orafol.com [mailto:info@orafol.com] Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 1:18 AM To: Ray Schmitt, ORAFOL Display Optics Subject: Contact form from website

11-30-2015, 09:26 PM	#4
patrick9 Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Murfreesboro Tennessee Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,458	Looks like they have joined Katzeye in the no longer in business group.

12-01-2015, 04:57 AM	#5
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,108	How I hope that Ricoh offers a few useful screen options for the upcoming K1. I've always preferred an all-mocroprism center for manual focusing, going way back to pre-Spotmatic Pentax bodies. Replaced the stock screen of my LX with an all-microprism. Got a Katzeye for the K5 that has the ubiquitous microprism doughnut around a diagonal wedge-rangefinder, but I just do not like the rangefinder. For me it just distracts from the more useful microprism.