[LargeFormat] Focusing Loupes (was Re: Darkcloth hoods?)
Jim
largeformat@f32.net
Wed Feb 13 19:51:12 2002
A few years ago I personally settled on the Schneider 6x Aspheric loupe. I
have a Boss screen in my Technikardan 45S which, for all intent and
purposes, is grainless. The 6x seems to be perfect (for me) for examining
the image for sharpness.
Jim Brick
>At 6:21 pm -0600 13/2/02, Lee Carmichael wrote:
>>Clive,
>> I have the same focus loop. I have never bothered with any kind of case
>>for it. I just wind the string around the barrel and stick it in my back
>>pack. When I am working I just wear it. I have had mine for several years
>>and have not scratched anything. Any loop longer that about 6x is too long
>>in my opinion. You start to see the grain of the ground glass. You loop is
>>about 3.5x or so. It will serve you well.
>>
>>lee
>snip
At 12:47 AM 2/14/2002 +0000, Clive Warren wrote:
>Hello Lee,
>
>Thanks for that - maybe I'm being too precious :-)
>
>Agree with you about the magnification factor - 3.5 is good for me and the
>rough ground glass of the trusty old MPP. There is almost a religious
>fervor associated with opinions about optimum magnification for loupes.
>Some people swear by 6x and greater but I have found this to be too much
>even with a fine ground glass.
>
>Cheers,
> Clive