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    4x5 Screen comparison (Intrepid, Chamonix, Maxwell)

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    Intrepid 4x5 MK4.

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    Chamonix 45H-1.

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    Maxwell Precision Optics's HI-LUX Extra Brilliant Matte 4.7 focus screen.

    Sinar Sinaron-S 5.6/150mm MC lens.
    Chamonix 45N-2, Chamonix 45H-1

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    Re: 4x5 Screen comparison (Intrepid, Chamonix, Maxwell)

    I similar test was done by some friends if mine, and Wista was way better than other fresnel and standard ground glass. What I miss on my Chamonix 45N-2 is the lack of reflection on the Wista.

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    Re: 4x5 Screen comparison (Intrepid, Chamonix, Maxwell)

    Yup...would have been good to have thrown a Wista screen into the above mix. I own a Wista screen and think its great...but at the end of the day I do prefer my Maxwell's!

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    Re: 4x5 Screen comparison (Intrepid, Chamonix, Maxwell)

    Quote Originally Posted by younghoon Kil View Post
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    Intrepid 4x5 MK4.

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    Chamonix 45H-1.

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    Maxwell Precision Optics's HI-LUX Extra Brilliant Matte 4.7 focus screen.

    Sinar Sinaron-S 5.6/150mm MC lens.
    Did you have to have the camera altered for the Maxwell to be installed?


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    Re: 4x5 Screen comparison (Intrepid, Chamonix, Maxwell)

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    I used new clamp-down discs to install the Maxwell screen.
    Chamonix 45N-2, Chamonix 45H-1

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    Re: 4x5 Screen comparison (Intrepid, Chamonix, Maxwell)

    THanks for posting this. These are different screens on the back of your Chamonix? Which is easiest and most accurate to work with? I've used Maxwell screens on 2 MF cameras with good success. I'm also aware of http://www.stabitech.nl/Bosscreen.htm which may be easier to obtain. Now with a 45-F2 on order, this is a relevant question: Did removal of the native screen on your Chamonix do damage to the clamp-down discs? or did you just feel the need after wear and tear of use?

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    Re: 4x5 Screen comparison (Intrepid, Chamonix, Maxwell)

    Quote Originally Posted by roscoetuff-Skip Mersereau View Post
    THanks for posting this. These are different screens on the back of your Chamonix? Which is easiest and most accurate to work with? I've used Maxwell screens on 2 MF cameras with good success. I'm also aware of http://www.stabitech.nl/Bosscreen.htm which may be easier to obtain. Now with a 45-F2 on order, this is a relevant question: Did removal of the native screen on your Chamonix do damage to the clamp-down discs? or did you just feel the need after wear and tear of use?
    Stabitech is no longer in business I'm afraid.

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    Re: 4x5 Screen comparison (Intrepid, Chamonix, Maxwell)

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    Original clamp-down disces.

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    Original clamp-down disces.

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    Modified clamp-down disces.


    I have 45N-2 and 45H-1, I installed Maxwell on the 45N-2 back, but I use the original screen on the 45H-1.
    I prefer Maxwell, but I also feel the original screen of the 45H-1 is good enough.
    (But the 45H-1's focusing and locking mechanism is not as fast or comfortable as the 45N-2.)

    Anyway, to install the Maxwell screen(two pieces of glass) on a 45N-2(or 45H-1) back, you need thickly machined clamp-down disces as shown in the picture above.
    Chamonix 45N-2, Chamonix 45H-1

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    Re: 4x5 Screen comparison (Intrepid, Chamonix, Maxwell)

    There’s also a video comparison https://youtu.be/j_2kvBDg63s


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    Re: 4x5 Screen comparison (Intrepid, Chamonix, Maxwell)

    Modified clamp-down disces were made by Chamonix.
    Chamonix 45N-2, Chamonix 45H-1

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