[LargeFormat] Groundglass Magnifiers

[Rich Lahrson]

Hi!

      I've just received a jeweler's loupe to use for focusing my new
5x7 modified Seneca:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=964064350

    I could only look at the Schneider photo lupes (and I've owned the
8x one in the past) due to the cost of these today.

    Advantages?  Well, it does have both 4x and 7x mag.  Plus it weighs
10 grams.  Disadvatages?  I believe the field coverage is smaller than the
Schneiders and it is not focusable.  But it'll do the job.

    What kind of loupes to other large format photographers here use?

Cheers,

Rich Lahrson
Berkeley, California
tripspud@transbay.net