Joseph. Offline Upload & Sell: Off
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After trying several focusing screens on my Df, I'm now back to the original one. WHY?
The split prism one is only good when you have clearly defined lines on your composition (ie. bars, trees, branches, etc) It quickly becomes useless when you're shooting portraits where you try to focus on peoples' eyes.
The Matte one makes your VF extremely dark. Fantastic for super fast (1.2) lenses, but really bad for slower lenses (3.5 and smaller). It's fun to use with the Noct-NIKKOR since it renders true DOF but a nightmare when shooting at night with the 20 3.5 UD-Nikkor.
The stock Df screen is optimized for slowish lenses (2.8) so it doesn't render the "true" DOF of faster glass, but it is BRIGHT. It's the best compromise IMO, and everyone's happy.
As for installing them: If you're not a patient person, I'd say definitely have someone else do it. You WILL find dust specks sandwiched between the screen and the prism and you'll have to have it cleaned multiple times until you get it perfectly clean. Also, adding and removing the provided shims require a bit of a trial and error until the focus is perfectly calibrated with the lens. (ie. The image on the VF is perfectly lined up, but the actual image taken is OOF) When this happens, you'll need to add or remove some shims. NOT for the impatient.
Didn't mean to deflate everyone's enthusiasm on aftermarket screens, but since I've used several of them, I thought I'd contribute what I know. Have fun!!
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