Originally posted by ViseMoD So what are 3rd party focusing screens available on the market today? KatzEye is closed, FocusingScreen.com asks too much money in my opinion. What could you recommend?
As mentioned there a few DIY routes you can take but in my opinion not a sure bet and time spent sourcing, modifying and fiddling comes out to more than the FS.com purchase. I had a Katzeye in my K-5 and K-7 - I honestly can't recall how much it cost but it seems it was very comparable to the FocusingScreen.com prices.
In my K-3 I have an S-Type w/ grid from them, purchased in March of 2014 for $82.54 USD. The current price is $83.25. Not bad at all.
The S-Type i hugely prefer over the Katzeye split-prism I had. It's matte but for the grid but it transformed shooting with fast lenses on the K-3. My hit rate for nailing manual focus on a 35/2.0 or 50/1.2 increased by probably 3-fold or better. I hit more often than I miss now, and it's all because of the screen - the difference was immediate. That was easily worth the $100 shipped I spent three years ago. Just my 2 cents.