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<blockquote data-quote="SkvLTD" data-source="post: 221501" data-attributes="member: 12855"><img src="http://skvltd.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/bzjqwz-cqaa7ija-large.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><a href="http://skvltd.wordpress.com/2013/11/20/bresson-split-focusing-screen-nikon-d5100/" target="_blank">Bresson Split Focusing Screen – Nikon D5100 | SKVORA LIMITED</a>After much research and decision, I went with an ebay purchase from China. The brand is <a href="http://bresson.com.cn/" target="_blank">Bresson</a> and they seem to make a ton of these resin focusing screens for most of the DSLRs out today. Here is their <a href="http://www.bresson.com.cn/Product/7608322821.html" target="_blank">product page</a> for these nifty little buggers.As you can see, it works just fine albeit not matching up the stock&nbsp; AF points exactly in the middle. No big deal in my opinion, considering&nbsp; it only costs $20 unlike Katzeye and other brands ($80-150).&nbsp;Is it accurate? From what I can tell, it is. Tested focusing with&nbsp; both AF-S 35mm f/1.8G as well as D5100′s on-board meter (green dot&nbsp; indicator) and both confirmed the split-cirle.&nbsp;Based on promises from Katzeye screens, they treat the surfaces with&nbsp; compounds that help brighten the image and offer another treatment that&nbsp; reduces the split circle blackening when shooting at lower f/ stops. All&nbsp; modern Nikons always keep the aperture wide open until you take a shot,&nbsp; so realistically this issue will never surface unless you use a lens&nbsp; with a high maximum f/ number like 5.6. This one indeed becomes a few&nbsp; shades darker when using my 70-300 since the lens’ maximum range is&nbsp; 4.5-5.6, but even with such effect it is still easy to focus and use.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SkvLTD, post: 221501, member: 12855"] [img]http://skvltd.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/bzjqwz-cqaa7ija-large.jpg[/img] [url=http://skvltd.wordpress.com/2013/11/20/bresson-split-focusing-screen-nikon-d5100/]Bresson Split Focusing Screen – Nikon D5100 | SKVORA LIMITED[/url] After much research and decision, I went with an ebay purchase from China. The brand is [URL="http://bresson.com.cn/"]Bresson[/URL] and they seem to make a ton of these resin focusing screens for most of the DSLRs out today. Here is their [URL="http://www.bresson.com.cn/Product/7608322821.html"]product page[/URL] for these nifty little buggers. As you can see, it works just fine albeit not matching up the stock AF points exactly in the middle. No big deal in my opinion, considering it only costs $20 unlike Katzeye and other brands ($80-150). Is it accurate? From what I can tell, it is. Tested focusing with both AF-S 35mm f/1.8G as well as D5100′s on-board meter (green dot indicator) and both confirmed the split-cirle. Based on promises from Katzeye screens, they treat the surfaces with compounds that help brighten the image and offer another treatment that reduces the split circle blackening when shooting at lower f/ stops. All modern Nikons always keep the aperture wide open until you take a shot, so realistically this issue will never surface unless you use a lens with a high maximum f/ number like 5.6. This one indeed becomes a few shades darker when using my 70-300 since the lens’ maximum range is 4.5-5.6, but even with such effect it is still easy to focus and use. [/QUOTE]

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