Any screens for manual focusing on *ist DS?

[P. J. Alling]

The cameras that have interchangeable screens are as far as I can 
determine the following,
*ist-D
*ist-Ds/Ds2
K10D
and the late lamented MZ-D



The others may have interchangeable screens but I haven'

J. C. O'Connell wrote:
> Do all the pentax DSLRs have user changeable screens
> and which screen types are not available for them that forces
> you to "do it yourself" like this? (Seems weird that they
> would have the screens user changeable and not have the
> ones you want).
> jco
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pdml-bounces at pdml.net [mailto:pdml-bounces at pdml.net] On Behalf Of
> Cory Papenfuss
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 8:29 AM
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> Subject: Re: Any screens for manual focusing on *ist DS?
>
>
>   
>>> 	I bought an old, used, Minolta split prism focus screen from a
>>> local camera shop for $5.  After about 45 minutes of extremely
>>>       
> careful 
>   
>>> sanding, I got it to fit the APS-sized screen in my *ist-DS.  I've
>>>       
> been 
>   
>>> using it ever since and can completely nail the focus on such 
>>> time-independent careful shots.  Shots on the fly or of motion still
>>>       
>
>   
>>> require the practice... :)
>>>   
>>>       
>> That makes me wondering - I have a spare focusing screen from one of 
>> my
>> MXs... Or may be I'll buy a screen for a MZ-M (it will be brighter for
>>     
>
>   
>> sure) and do the surgery? Thanks for the idea. :)
>>
>>     
> 	It is a bugger to do, lemme warn you.  The way I did it was to
> get 
> out my dial calipers and measure the old one.  Then I split the
> difference 
> between that and the new (oversize) one and scratched a line on the
> edge.  
> Repeat for the other dimension and at least there's a target.
>
> 	The really annoying part is trying to sand all that stuff off 
> while only holding the screen by the edge.  A dremel or fine-grit belt 
> sander would have helped.
>
> -Cory
>
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