M42 SLR with simple ground glass screen?

[aoresteen]

Here's what I would do (in fact I did it years ago). Get a Spotmatic SL (no meter) and put a Nikon F screen in it. Yes it will fit. Yes 90% of the repairmen will tell you they won't fit. But they do. In the 70's you could get replacement screens put into your Spotmatic by sending it into Honeywell. They used Nikon screens!

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/michaeliu/cameras/shared/ff2screens.htm


In the late 70's early 80's I had a Nikon E screen put into one of my Spotmatics (I had 9 Spotmatic bodies at the time). I also had a P Apollo screen put into my Spotmatic SL (which I still have).

Ebay is full of Nikon F & F2 screens.

I have a 2nd Pentax SL in chrome and on my to-do list is to have a Nikon E screen put into it. I've been waiting until it needs service and so far it's been 7 years and still no sign of issues requiring a CLA.


My SL bodies:



The black body is highly modified: Nikon P screen, Ritz rubberized covering, Pentax LX lower front strap lugs added, Leica Screw-Over cable release, and a film reminder holder on the back.

The chrome body is pure stock.