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[Dave Tolcher]

Hi Jenny, I have the std maxwell screen which I am happy with and is good with the 80mm XL. If you dont get to see one beforehand then you can have a look in August.

Dave

[jennym]

Thanks Dave. That would be very helpful. It certainly felt more like hard work than an enjoyable experience trying to focus to catch the dawn light with my 80XL on the one decent morning we had on Arran last week.....I know I missed one shot, but I am still waiting to find out if I caught the other!

Cheers,

Jenny

[Thingy]

Jenny

You might find this useful, originally posted in the thread on focussing screens.

Here is a reply I received from Bill Maxwell following an enquiry I made about a suitable screen for my Ebony.

I paid the extra and went for his excellent HI-LUX Ultra Brilliant Matt 4.7 screen - which Richard tried out at Maldon. I would recommend paying the extra for this screen as it is so bright.

Read below for descriptions of screens, current prices, payment and shipping options. I provide my line of HI-LUX focus screens for an incredible variety of both modern and classic cameras of all different formats (35mm, Medium Format, Large Format, DSLRs, Medium Format Digital & Large Format Digital). Feel free to share this information with your friends. You may contact me if you wish at 1+770-939-6644 with questions or to order:

My HI-LUX Brilliant Matte 4.7 focus screen is the finest general purpose focus screen available for 4x5 cameras. It has a very bright, contrasty, very fine grain, high clarity focusing surface that provides superior illumination across the screen with all of your lenses (especially your wide angles) compared to all the other screens on the market. It also performs well with long lenses and long bellows draws. This screen is available (a) without lines, (b) with grid lines. My screen would provide truly superior performance for your Ebony 4x5. The price is $285.00. A custom cover glass can be provided with the asymmetric tilt lines (in blue), 6x9, and 6x12 format lines (in red) as well as the 12.7mm grid lines (in black). The cost of the screen supplied with this custom cover glass is $325.00

***Thingy - My screen is a modern “one piece” screen, which is made of high quality, optical grade plastic, with the brilliant focus surface on the lens side of the screen and the ultra fine groove pitch, high clarity fresnel on the back side (so focus is not affected). There is a clear cover glass on the back side to protect the screen and insure optical flatness. I also have a HI-LUX Ultra Brilliant Matte 4.7 screen (extremely bright, very fine grain focus surface) for $100.00 extra. A HI-LUX Extreme Wide Angle screen is also available as a specialtly screen. Contact me if you are interested in these screens. My screen would work beautifully with your Schneider 120mm Macro lens. If you are going to do much macro where the focusing aperture will be very slow because of the higher magnification (due to the longer bellows extension), you may want to consider my HI-LUX Ultra Brilliant Matt 4.7 screen, which is more than ten times brighter than own my standard HI-LUX Brilliant Matte 4.7 focus screen (my standard screen is already about four times brighter than your current Ebony screen with a better distribution of illumination across the screen).

Payment can be made via a major credit card or international money order. If you want to use a card, we will need your name as it appears on your card, card number, card expiration date, the V code number (the last three numbers on the back of your card, located in the white area where you sign your name), card billing address, shipping address and phone number. You may email your card information by dividing it into two separate emails sent at different times (for example, divide your card number in half). Send one email to maxwellprecisionoptics @ toast.net and the other on to maxwellprecisionoptics @ yahoo.com for purposes of security. You may also pay with an International Payment coupon in US dollars (available from your post office) or some form of international money order (such as Western Union, MoneyGram, etc) which may be wired or mailed. If wiring or mailing an International Payment coupon or paying with an international money order, please make it out to Bill Maxwell. My mailing address is:

Maxwell Precision Optics
PO Box 33146
Decatur GA 30033-0146 USA

Please let me know via email if you are choosing this option.

Your shipping options to the UK are as follows: Express Mail International (insured, can be tracked to your door) is $37.00. There is a $5.00 charge for preparing all international shipments. In addition to your shipping address, we will need a daytime phone number as well. Someone should be available during the day to sign for the package. We need your address in the following form to correctly fill out the label:

Recipient Name
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Bill Maxwell

*** (Note to customers: Please do not return my email messages back to me as it clogs up my email system) ***

Steve

[jennym]

Thanks Steve. Other than the Maxwell screen, are there other good options or techniques for using WA lenses in low light? Or is the Maxwell screen really the best option. It doesn't come cheap and I have other items on my wish list.....

Many thanks,

Jenny

[Joanna Carter]

Other than the Maxwell screen, are there other good options or techniques for using WA lenses in low light?

Perhaps a couple of these

Or is the Maxwell screen really the best option. It doesn't come cheap and I have other items on my wish list.....

Unfortunately, when compared with, even, the Ebony screens, it really is a superb piece of work.