General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SCREEN IS GLASS/ TWEEZERS ARE METAL/ CASE IS PLASTIC/ BOX IS CARDBOARD

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

6.6 cm

Width

4.8 cm

Height

2.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still camera parts

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Pentax

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Tokyo

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Manitoba

Period

1980s

Canada

Unknown

Function

FOCUSING AID, WITH ETCHED CROSSLINES IN 6MM SQUARES. EXCELLENT FOR ARCHITECTURAL SUBJECTS AND MULTIPLE EXPOSURE COMPOSITION.

Technical

SCREEN TREATED WITH A NEWLY-CREATED PENTAX COATING WHICHENHANCES LIGHT TRANSMISSION. SPECIAL PINCER TOOL FACILITATES QUICK CHANGING OF SCREENS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ON BOX IN SILVER PRINTED LETTERS ON BLACK BACKGROUND IS: 'FOCUSING SCREEN'/ BELOW THIS IN GREY ON SILVER IS 'LX'/ BELOW THIS IN BLACK LETTERS ON SILVER BACKGROUND IS 'PENTAX'/ LEFT SIDE OF SIDE OF BOX HAS A PRICE STICKER WITH 'M1 BERL $27.50 EACH'/ IN BLUE INK & BETWEEN THE PRICE & THE OTHER SECTIONIT STATES: 'SAM THE CAMERA MAN' IN RED INK/ ON BACK OF BOX IN RED INK IS: 'PENTAX'/ IN BLACK INK IS: 'MANUFACTURED BY ASAHI OPTICAL CO., LTD. JAPAN'/ ON LID OF CASE IN RAISED LETTERING IS 'PENTAX FOCUSING SCREEN ASAHI OPT. CO., JAPAN'/ BETWEEN THE WORDS 'SCREEN' & 'ASAHI', THERE IS A SILVER STUCK-ON LABEL WITH RED LETTERING 'SG-20'

Missing

N/A

Finish

GLASS SCREEN HAS INTERSECTING LINES ON IT. TWEEZERS ARE CHROMED/ INTERIOR OF CASE IS BLACK PLASTIC & GREY PLASTIC, EXTERIOR IS GREY/ THE BOX IS A SILVER GREY COLOUR/ EXTERIOR OF THE GREY PLASTIC CASE HAS A GRAINED EFFECT ON IT.

Decoration

PRICE STICKER ON BOX SHOWS A MAN WITH A CAMERA IN ONE HAND - RED INK WAS USED FOR THIS.