> Also there was a company that made screens for the LX, does anyone know > whether they still exist, and whether they have made screens for the > *istD family?
For the LX screens, you're probably thinking of the Beattie "Intenscreens" (as I think they were called) ( http://www.intenscreen.com/ ). [Pentax itself eventually produced three (I think it was) upgraded screens for the LX that are just as good as the Beattie screens, IMHO, and the Pentax tweezers were a whole lot better than the tweezers supplied by Beattie, too.] However, it doesn't seem as if Beattie is making any screens for the Pentax DSLR's (or any DSLR's, I guess). There are now "Katz Eye" screens now available for the Pentax DSLR's ( http://www.katzeyeoptics.com/cat--Pentax-DSLR-s--cat_pentax.html ), if you don't want to try grinding down a 35mm film body's screen for your DSLR (and if you don't mind the expense too much). Fred
