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X-700 no focusing screen

Started Apr 11, 2018 | Discussions thread
sybersitizen Forum Pro • Posts: 24,269
Re: X-700 no focusing screen
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jds560 wrote:

I've had my X-700 for a few years now, bought locally with a few lenses and filters. Earlier I searched what a photo of my viewfinder SHOULD look like out of curiosity. When I look through my viewfinder I see a circle with the image surrounded by black and clear optics, along with the shutter speeds on the right side. What I'm missing is apparently called micro prism which is on a focusing screen. I never knew that this was something that was supposed to be in my camera.

It's hard to grasp what you're saying there ... but I don't think you're missing anything. The microprisms are integrated with the X-700's focusing screen.

If my X-700 had a focusing screen, would it operate better than it does?

Your X-700 has a focusing screen. If it didn't, you wouldn't be able to see the image you said you can see. You can see the whole image and you can tell when it's in focus, correct?

However, maybe you want a different type of focusing screen. The standard one supplied with the camera looks like this, and it has a microprism 'donut' surrounding a central split image circle:

When things are out of focus, the microprisms show up clearly.

When things are in focus, the microprisms visually 'disappear'.

Other optional focusing screens look like this:

Which type looks like yours, and which type would you like to have?

I've noticed that my ME Super has always taken better photos than the Minolta, but I thought it was simply due to user error.

My vote is user error.

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