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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
10-06-2010, 08:44 AM
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Of course it is possible to fit a "Beattie" screen yourself but its fiddly and you have to be mighty careful to get the screen sitting properly and on the correct plain other wise your focus could be slightly out which kind of defeats the purpose. A Pentax technician fitted mine for £40 which is peanuts.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
10-06-2010, 07:19 AM
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A Beattie screen with a split image will transform the viewing and focusing, there is a company called Morco in the UK who supply screens, and best to get a technician to fit it as its quite fiddly. As for the diopter, Im using a viewfinder diopter +.05 made by Nikon that is meant for a Nikon F100 film camera, it seems to fit my penatx 67 nicely, the thread and glass are the same size as the 67.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
10-06-2010, 07:13 AM
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Just came across this thread, I've been using Pentax 67 for many years, I've fitted mine with a "Beattie" split image bright screen, and regarding the diopter for the viewfinder, I discovered by accident that the threaded circular diopter correction (viewfinder eyepiece) from a Nikon F100 is the same size to the Pentax 67, the thread is the same, and the F100 glass diameter is the same, I use a Nikon F100 +0.5 diopter on my pentax 67, it fits nicely and looks like it was made for the camera, combined with the Beattie screen it means I can continue to use and focus the camera with ease. I have a spare +1 nikon diopter just in case my eyesight gets worse over the next few years! The Nikon diopter costs about £15, they are fairly easy to come by.
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