Beattie Intenscreen review

(also posted on my web site)

This evening, a rather tatty looking yellow jiffy bag was propped up against the door of my apartment when I got home. With a sinking feeling, I noted that it had a quite clear boot print right in the middle of it. Indeed, UPS seemed up to its usual standard of care with respect to handling anything marked fragile, but I digress.

The package contained, astonishingly in perfect condition, the Beattie Intenscreen replacement ground glass I ordered a few weeks ago for my Bronica ETRS. It was packaged inside a plastic clamshell case lined with foam, inside which a pretty velvet pouch contained a pristine ground glass screen wrapped in tissue. I read the accompanying instructions, detached the finder from the ETRS body, then stared blankly at the innards for a while. I read the instructions again, then realised that things weren't making sense because the old screen, beaten up and scratched beyond recognition, wasn't even actually clipped in properly. It came out easily enough, and was replaced with the Beattie screen by the simple expedient of inserting a small metal tab on the screen into a slot in the camera, then gently lowering the screen into place, locking it by moving a silver pin to engage with the rear clip. After a quick dust off, I reassembled the camera, and, wow, what a difference!

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