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EOS-1 screen spot circle
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I have a Canon EOS-1 I picked up used recently (first foray into AF). It's working out great with a 50/1.4 prime lens and I'm very happy with it, apart from one thing: The AF sensor mark and the spot and partial metering circles on the viewfinder screen are incredibly difficult to see. They're nearly invisible unless viewing a very strongly lit, totally out of focus scene. I do bit of low light shooting (concerts) and use slides outside so I use spot metering regularly. I've tried drawing an imaginary "X" between the four corners of the screen but it's very hard to judge. Does anyone here have any suggestions for an alternative screen with better markings? I know this is about 15 year old equipment. If there is a better forum for this question please let me know and I'll ask there. Thanks for your time. Timothy |
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"Tim Kemp" wrote in message om... Hi, I have a Canon EOS-1 I picked up used recently (first foray into AF). It's working out great with a 50/1.4 prime lens and I'm very happy with it, apart from one thing: The AF sensor mark and the spot and partial metering circles on the viewfinder screen are incredibly difficult to see. They're nearly invisible unless viewing a very strongly lit, totally out of focus scene. I do bit of low light shooting (concerts) and use slides outside so I use spot metering regularly. I've tried drawing an imaginary "X" between the four corners of the screen but it's very hard to judge. Does anyone here have any suggestions for an alternative screen with better markings? I know this is about 15 year old equipment. If there is a better forum for this question please let me know and I'll ask there. Thanks for your time. Timothy I'm not familiar with your particular camera, but with my Nikon, the screen is removable, so I could do several things. First, I could try buying a different screen. (there are about 8 or 10 available) Second, I could paint a spot. (black or white) at the center of the screen, and then replace it, and see if that helped. Or, perhaps, stretch some crosshairs from corner to corner on it......Since it is removable, and replaceable, I wouldn't be afraid to screw with it, IOW. - If I ruined it, well, I could just buy another one, and there would be no real harm done..... |
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"Tim Kemp" wrote in message om... Hi, I have a Canon EOS-1 I picked up used recently (first foray into AF). It's working out great with a 50/1.4 prime lens and I'm very happy with it, apart from one thing: The AF sensor mark and the spot and partial metering circles on the viewfinder screen are incredibly difficult to see. They're nearly invisible unless viewing a very strongly lit, totally out of focus scene. I do bit of low light shooting (concerts) and use slides outside so I use spot metering regularly. I've tried drawing an imaginary "X" between the four corners of the screen but it's very hard to judge. Does anyone here have any suggestions for an alternative screen with better markings? I know this is about 15 year old equipment. If there is a better forum for this question please let me know and I'll ask there. Thanks for your time. Timothy I'm not familiar with your particular camera, but with my Nikon, the screen is removable, so I could do several things. First, I could try buying a different screen. (there are about 8 or 10 available) Second, I could paint a spot. (black or white) at the center of the screen, and then replace it, and see if that helped. Or, perhaps, stretch some crosshairs from corner to corner on it......Since it is removable, and replaceable, I wouldn't be afraid to screw with it, IOW. - If I ruined it, well, I could just buy another one, and there would be no real harm done..... |
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"Tim Kemp" wrote in message om... Hi, I have a Canon EOS-1 I picked up used recently (first foray into AF). It's working out great with a 50/1.4 prime lens and I'm very happy with it, apart from one thing: The AF sensor mark and the spot and partial metering circles on the viewfinder screen are incredibly difficult to see. They're nearly invisible unless viewing a very strongly lit, totally out of focus scene. I do bit of low light shooting (concerts) and use slides outside so I use spot metering regularly. I've tried drawing an imaginary "X" between the four corners of the screen but it's very hard to judge. Does anyone here have any suggestions for an alternative screen with better markings? I know this is about 15 year old equipment. If there is a better forum for this question please let me know and I'll ask there. Thanks for your time. Timothy I'm not familiar with your particular camera, but with my Nikon, the screen is removable, so I could do several things. First, I could try buying a different screen. (there are about 8 or 10 available) Second, I could paint a spot. (black or white) at the center of the screen, and then replace it, and see if that helped. Or, perhaps, stretch some crosshairs from corner to corner on it......Since it is removable, and replaceable, I wouldn't be afraid to screw with it, IOW. - If I ruined it, well, I could just buy another one, and there would be no real harm done..... |
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"William Graham" wrote in message
[snipped stuff about not being able to see centre spot on an EOS-1] I'm not familiar with your particular camera, but with my Nikon, the screen is removable, so I could do several things. First, I could try buying a different screen. (there are about 8 or 10 available) Second, I could paint a spot. (black or white) at the center of the screen, and then replace it, and see if that helped. Or, perhaps, stretch some crosshairs from corner to corner on it......Since it is removable, and replaceable, I wouldn't be afraid to screw with it, IOW. - If I ruined it, well, I could just buy another one, and there would be no real harm done..... Thanks for your reply. It's definitely removable. I'll get off my arse and go to the dealer and try some out. If that fails then your crosshair suggestion isn't at all bad. Provided I could buy a backup (inexpensively) it should be easy to score an "X" or other centre marking with a razor & straight edge. TK |
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"William Graham" wrote in message
[snipped stuff about not being able to see centre spot on an EOS-1] I'm not familiar with your particular camera, but with my Nikon, the screen is removable, so I could do several things. First, I could try buying a different screen. (there are about 8 or 10 available) Second, I could paint a spot. (black or white) at the center of the screen, and then replace it, and see if that helped. Or, perhaps, stretch some crosshairs from corner to corner on it......Since it is removable, and replaceable, I wouldn't be afraid to screw with it, IOW. - If I ruined it, well, I could just buy another one, and there would be no real harm done..... Thanks for your reply. It's definitely removable. I'll get off my arse and go to the dealer and try some out. If that fails then your crosshair suggestion isn't at all bad. Provided I could buy a backup (inexpensively) it should be easy to score an "X" or other centre marking with a razor & straight edge. TK |
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"Tim Kemp" wrote in message om... "William Graham" wrote in message [snipped stuff about not being able to see centre spot on an EOS-1] I'm not familiar with your particular camera, but with my Nikon, the screen is removable, so I could do several things. First, I could try buying a different screen. (there are about 8 or 10 available) Second, I could paint a spot. (black or white) at the center of the screen, and then replace it, and see if that helped. Or, perhaps, stretch some crosshairs from corner to corner on it......Since it is removable, and replaceable, I wouldn't be afraid to screw with it, IOW. - If I ruined it, well, I could just buy another one, and there would be no real harm done..... Thanks for your reply. It's definitely removable. I'll get off my arse and go to the dealer and try some out. If that fails then your crosshair suggestion isn't at all bad. Provided I could buy a backup (inexpensively) it should be easy to score an "X" or other centre marking with a razor & straight edge. TK Here is a guy who specializes in brightening screens....He has some kind of coating process that makes them brighter. It is good for focusing lenses that have fixed apertures, like my Catadioptic 500 f/8. But he might be able to help you out with your center problem.... Bill Maxwell, Maxwell Precision Optics, P.O. Box 33146, Decatur, GA 30033-0146, U.S.A. 404-244-0095 $68 35mm camera screen conversion e-mail: |
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"Tim Kemp" wrote in message om... "William Graham" wrote in message [snipped stuff about not being able to see centre spot on an EOS-1] I'm not familiar with your particular camera, but with my Nikon, the screen is removable, so I could do several things. First, I could try buying a different screen. (there are about 8 or 10 available) Second, I could paint a spot. (black or white) at the center of the screen, and then replace it, and see if that helped. Or, perhaps, stretch some crosshairs from corner to corner on it......Since it is removable, and replaceable, I wouldn't be afraid to screw with it, IOW. - If I ruined it, well, I could just buy another one, and there would be no real harm done..... Thanks for your reply. It's definitely removable. I'll get off my arse and go to the dealer and try some out. If that fails then your crosshair suggestion isn't at all bad. Provided I could buy a backup (inexpensively) it should be easy to score an "X" or other centre marking with a razor & straight edge. TK Here is a guy who specializes in brightening screens....He has some kind of coating process that makes them brighter. It is good for focusing lenses that have fixed apertures, like my Catadioptic 500 f/8. But he might be able to help you out with your center problem.... Bill Maxwell, Maxwell Precision Optics, P.O. Box 33146, Decatur, GA 30033-0146, U.S.A. 404-244-0095 $68 35mm camera screen conversion e-mail: |
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"William Graham" wrote in message news:bus2d.206367$Fg5.198708@attbi_s53...
"Tim Kemp" wrote in message om... "William Graham" wrote in message [snipped stuff about not being able to see centre spot on an EOS-1] I'm not familiar with your particular camera, but with my Nikon, the screen is removable, so I could do several things. First, I could try buying a different screen. (there are about 8 or 10 available) Second, I could paint a spot. (black or white) at the center of the screen, and then replace it, and see if that helped. Or, perhaps, stretch some crosshairs from corner to corner on it......Since it is removable, and replaceable, I wouldn't be afraid to screw with it, IOW. - If I ruined it, well, I could just buy another one, and there would be no real harm done..... Thanks for your reply. It's definitely removable. I'll get off my arse and go to the dealer and try some out. If that fails then your crosshair suggestion isn't at all bad. Provided I could buy a backup (inexpensively) it should be easy to score an "X" or other centre marking with a razor & straight edge. TK Here is a guy who specializes in brightening screens....He has some kind of coating process that makes them brighter. It is good for focusing lenses that have fixed apertures, like my Catadioptic 500 f/8. But he might be able to help you out with your center problem.... Bill Maxwell, Maxwell Precision Optics, P.O. Box 33146, Decatur, GA 30033-0146, U.S.A. 404-244-0095 $68 35mm camera screen conversion e-mail: Thanks for this William, much appreciated. TK |
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"William Graham" wrote in message news:bus2d.206367$Fg5.198708@attbi_s53...
"Tim Kemp" wrote in message om... "William Graham" wrote in message [snipped stuff about not being able to see centre spot on an EOS-1] I'm not familiar with your particular camera, but with my Nikon, the screen is removable, so I could do several things. First, I could try buying a different screen. (there are about 8 or 10 available) Second, I could paint a spot. (black or white) at the center of the screen, and then replace it, and see if that helped. Or, perhaps, stretch some crosshairs from corner to corner on it......Since it is removable, and replaceable, I wouldn't be afraid to screw with it, IOW. - If I ruined it, well, I could just buy another one, and there would be no real harm done..... Thanks for your reply. It's definitely removable. I'll get off my arse and go to the dealer and try some out. If that fails then your crosshair suggestion isn't at all bad. Provided I could buy a backup (inexpensively) it should be easy to score an "X" or other centre marking with a razor & straight edge. TK Here is a guy who specializes in brightening screens....He has some kind of coating process that makes them brighter. It is good for focusing lenses that have fixed apertures, like my Catadioptic 500 f/8. But he might be able to help you out with your center problem.... Bill Maxwell, Maxwell Precision Optics, P.O. Box 33146, Decatur, GA 30033-0146, U.S.A. 404-244-0095 $68 35mm camera screen conversion e-mail: Thanks for this William, much appreciated. TK |
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