A cool new product for Digital SLRs
I have been doing photography since high-school (and I graduated in 1969). I settled on the Nikon system after trying Leica for a while (Leica wasn't making SLRs at that time).
My last Nikon was the F2-SB of which I still have two bodies with motor drive and a bucket-load of accessories and lenses. This was the last all-mechanical Nikon - the F3 introduced an electronic shutter and if the battery died, you were stuck with (IIRC) a fixed speed of 120th/second. When the F2 battery died, you lost metering but if you are doing a lot of photography, metering is an accessory, not a necessity -- it is easy to guesstimate pretty accurately if you practice.
About seven years ago, I bought a Nikon D1x and loved it -- I had an older Coolpix just to get the feel of digital. My only gripe with the D1x was that you were stuck with a bland focusing screen. The F series of cameras had a
large selection of about
30 different screens that you could
swap in and out. Architectural rules, different focusing aids, optimized for low light, bright light, telephoto, wide angle, microscopy. The list is large.
Well,
Katz Eye Optics comes to the rescue. I forget where I read about them but this is a fantastic product and fantastic people to do business with.
I ordered one of their
screens for my D-90 (the D1x sits in its bag and will show up on eBay one of these days).
Very good turnaround on the order processing, exceptional communications (personal emails instead of automatic). The unit arrived well packaged and in flawless condition complete with a custom tool to aid with the install.
Installation instructions were on a six-page PDF downloaded from their website and were specific to my make and model of camera. The instructions came with some very clear photographs outlining exactly what I would be looking for.
All in all, well worth the $100 price and it improves the functionality of my D90 a lot.
If you own a DSLR and want a better viewfinder, check out
Katz Eye Optics.
Posted by DaveH at April 24, 2009 7:40 PM