Painting a Hasselblad Screen

[flagellum]

Hi all,

I'm thinking of adding some custom aspect ratio marks to my default Hasselblad 500cm "crosshair" focusing screen. I love the Hasselblad system and don't need the resolution of a bigger format, so I think I'll just be cropping the square negatives down to the 4x5 aspect ratio. My thought is to add the marks to my cheap screen and see if I like them, rather than upgrading to a screen with those marks already etched in.

At any rate, what would be the best paint/material to permanently add some thin lines/marks to the Hasselblad focusing screen? Other suggestions would also be welcome - I've thought of maybe making a transparency that would overlay the aspect ratio without marking the screen itself, but I'm worried about the resulting brightness/clarity of the screen.

 

[DHK]

Hi all,

I'm thinking of adding some custom aspect ratio marks to my default Hasselblad 500cm "crosshair" focusing screen. I love the Hasselblad system and don't need the resolution of a bigger format, so I think I'll just be cropping the square negatives down to the 4x5 aspect ratio. My thought is to add the marks to my cheap screen and see if I like them, rather than upgrading to a screen with those marks already etched in.

At any rate, what would be the best paint/material to permanently add some thin lines/marks to the Hasselblad focusing screen? Other suggestions would also be welcome - I've thought of maybe making a transparency that would overlay the aspect ratio without marking the screen itself, but I'm worried about the resulting brightness/clarity of the screen.

Electrica tape?

 

[flagellum]

Electrica tape?

Definitely one good solution, and I'll be doing that to test out if I like marking the screen up at all. Ultimately, though, I'm looking for something a little more permanent, hopefully paint or something that matches the look of the crosshairs. Maybe an enamel modeling paint or something?

 

[rjbuzzclick]

I've used a fine point Sharpie marker on 4x5 ground glass. I bet a softer sharp pencil on the ground side would work well too.

 

[madNbad]

Statmark pen, fine point used for marking microscope slides and test tubes.

 

[flagellum]

Statmark pen, fine point used for marking microscope slides and test tubes.

This looks perfect, thank you for the recommendation!