I like to use the R8 with primes. With Zooms (4/35-70 and 4/80-200) the screen gets very dark in low light. I have an Intenscreen for my F3 which I like, but only with non-wideangeles (wideangles do vignette). Are there any alternatives for R8 which You can use with all focal length?

Thank You

-- J. Hildebrand (j.hildebrand@hildebrand.de), March 11, 2002

Answers

To my knowledge the only aftermarket screens available for the R8 are the Beattie Intenscreens, unless Bill Maxwell "tweaks" the OEM Leica screens. As soon as I began mounting my R lenses on my EOS bodies I noticed right away how coarse and grainy the R8 screens are, and now it is irritating.

-- Jay (infinitydt@aol.com), March 11, 2002.

The exceptional brightness and clarity of the EOS screens (even when using slow zooms) is something that irked me when I used contax slr's - surely this technology isn't that difficult to re-engineer...? Having said that the r8 is in a different league to any of the contax bodies as far as ease of focusing is concerned

-- Steve Jones (stephenjjones@btopenworld.com), March 11, 2002.