Rolleiflex Focus Screen Identification

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RoboRepublic

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Would anyone here be able to positively identify this focus screen in my late-model tele-rolleiflex? I find the screen oddly bright. The previous owner has not a clue.
Rick Oleson was able to identify that its not one of his screens.
Thanks!


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This maybe? I had one on my SLX but it was to hard to focus, so I went back to the original screen:

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I have a screen that resembles yours: very bright, grids, and split focus. I don’t recall a micro-prism collar as your appears to have. But it hasn’t been used for a long time so I might have foggy recollection. Mine came from eBay in a Rollei box and blue plastic Rollei sleeve. It will take a bit of effort but if I can dig it out I’ll attach photos. I used mine for years in a Rolleicord Vb.
 

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I have a screen that resembles yours: very bright, grids, and split focus. I don’t recall a micro-prism collar as your appears to have. But it hasn’t been used for a long time so I might have foggy recollection. Mine came from eBay in a Rollei box and blue plastic Rollei sleeve. It will take a bit of effort but if I can dig it out I’ll attach photos. I used mine for years in a Rolleicord Vb.
Sorry… my memory was faulty… no grids. I wonder what I’m recalling because I would have found grids useful. But I clearly recall it being very bright.

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I am not certain, but my guess is that you have a Maxwell screen, the version with split image center spot and microprism ring.
 

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You have a Beattie screen. I've had one in my Rollei 3.5F for years.
 
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Mine came from eBay in a Rollei box and blue plastic Rollei sleeve.
I believe that box was for a Rolleigrid, a fresnel that F&H sold that dropped onto the ground glass screens. I do not believe they ever sold a bright screen as an accessory.
 
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