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Installing Katz-eye screen.
Hi Peter, you don't upset me :) In this case i rather go with the real thing. And 20 pounds makes about 30 euros. And with the strong euro against the dollar it is not braking my bank account. Good light to you all. Martin.
Posted by Malo1961 on 29/09/2007 - 21:25
Installing Katz-eye screen.
Well , Just ordered the screen from Katz Eye. Now the waiting starts........ :roll: I the meantime i can read the pdf files and study the photo's that came with the invoice they send me by mail. Looks not to difficult to do, changing a screen. Just keep away from hard liquor the next week. Must ...
Posted by Malo1961 on 29/09/2007 - 22:46
Installing Katz-eye screen.
Hi all, Today my Katz Eye screen arrived by UPS. After careful reading the very clear instructions (PDF with very good example pictures) I took the plunge. :) And with no coffee i tried to install the screen. I succeeded in a second try after i noticed that the light seals around the clamp of th...
Posted by Malo1961 on 08/10/2007 - 19:00
Installing Katz-eye screen.
I am glad you got it fitted easily. I reckon you did well getting it in with no dust/hairs after only two attempts.
Posted by pschlute on 08/10/2007 - 20:54
Installing Katz-eye screen.
Hi all, Today my Katz Eye screen arrived by UPS. After careful reading the very clear instructions (PDF with very good example pictures) I took the plunge. :) And with no coffee i tried to install the screen. I succeeded in a second try after i noticed that the light seals around the clamp of th...
Posted by Pentaxke on 14/03/2008 - 19:19
Installing Katz-eye screen.
Katzeye have lots of useful and reliable info on their own website. I think it would take a very big difference in focusing screen brightness to cause serious metering probems. Metering is never 100% reliable anyway as metering in practice it depends on the model of lens as well as the light dis...
Posted by iceblinker on 14/03/2008 - 20:18
Installing Katz-eye screen.
Hi Martin, I'm new to this forum and looking for the Katz eye. A search revealed this topic, and if you don't mind, I have some questions: - you said you didn't order the optibrite treatment but nevertheless the VF is brighter? - How about metering problems? - you say AF is improved too. I don...
Posted by Malo1961 on 15/03/2008 - 17:26
Installing Katz-eye screen.
Txs Martin and Pete! Very helpfull information... I'm almost taking the plunge. Only question left: with or without optibright?
Posted by Pentaxke on 15/03/2008 - 20:04
Installing Katz-eye screen.
Optibrite :!: If you intend to do a lot of low light photography. Without optibrite the screen is a jewel to use already. Good luck, Martin.
Posted by Malo1961 on 15/03/2008 - 20:55
Installing Katz-eye screen.
Ok, I plunged. I took the full option: optibrite and rule of thirds gridlines. T-w-o-h-u-n-d-e-r-e-d-w-o-w! d$ll$rs is been accounted for... :shock: Shure hope it's worth the effort. On a side note: I mailed Rachael of Katz Eye with the question if they could make a custom screen with only microp...
Posted by Pentaxke on 16/03/2008 - 16:43
Installing Katz-eye screen.
Katzeye also declined to make me one with a split-image only and no microprism ring. Disappointing since their website seems to imply they will make screens to order. Maybe they would reconsider if enough money was offered! I might ask again if I win the lottery. Some of the cheapo eBay screen...
Posted by iceblinker on 16/03/2008 - 17:09
Installing Katz-eye screen.
I got a rempy as to why it's impossible to them: In principle, screens with a microprism circle or an angled prism are no more difficult to make than any other design... assuming you are designing from a blank piece of paper. For us though, being a much smaller volume producer than the OEMs...
Posted by Pentaxke on 16/03/2008 - 22:24
Installing Katz-eye screen.
Hi Marc, Don't forget to add the twentysomething euros, UPS is asking you at your frontdoor for taxes(vat),after delivery.(A deal they have with Dutch customs, so Belgium won't differ much, i am affraid) Enjoy the screen though...It is worth it. Martin.
Posted by Malo1961 on 27/03/2008 - 20:30
Split Screen
Katz Eye Optics makes one for the *IST DL(2). I have one installed myself. Althought Pentax claims it is not possible to change screens, it is not difficult to do. There is a good Operation Manual delivered with the screen. They are expensive though :!: Starting price is 100 usd. Then there some ...
Posted by Malo1961 on 02/03/2008 - 12:39
Split Screen
I have tried one of the cheap Chinese screens off eBay - with a DS - and it was OK. Worth getting if you're on a low budget and use mostly MF lenses (preferably fast ones). However after recently aquiring a Katz Eye for my K10D :wink::wink: I can report that it's better. It's generally brighter...
Posted by iceblinker on 02/03/2008 - 13:36
Split Screen
I have tried one of the cheap Chinese screens off eBay - with a DS - and it was OK. Worth getting if you're on a low budget and use mostly MF lenses (preferably fast ones). However after recently aquiring a Katz Eye for my K10D :wink::wink: I can report that it's better. It's generally brighter...
Posted by Malo1961 on 02/03/2008 - 13:41
Totaly new to digital and not techie minded
With film I was largely taking slides for teaching and some more arty photos. I tended not to experiment too much as it was a bit pricey. I still like film, but I do tend to try all sorts of things with digital that I wouldn't waste a slide on. Also, after all those years of 50 or 64 ASA film, be...
Posted by iceblinker on 02/10/2008 - 19:05
Totaly new to digital and not techie minded
I do find manual focusing on the K10 quite hard though --- my eyes aren't what they were. I might have to invest in one of those eyepiece magnifiers! Have you got a Katz Eye split-image focusing screen? It makes a great difference. I wouldn't be without mine now. I have been eyeing one of those up b...
Posted by womble on 02/10/2008 - 19:15
TV mode in K10
don't know what I did or if I did anything. I did go into the green button setting in the Custom mode and altered the setting to Programme Line and after a few tries it has all come back to how it was. Guess I will avoid that green button like the plague. The Green button doesn't lock anything, so...
Posted by iceblinker on 26/03/2009 - 00:42
Focusing with Pentax
Hi, is the Katz eye just available from USA or are there suppliers in the UK ? DERYN
Posted by DERYN on 12/06/2009 - 14:04
