Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan: I think you are right. Although I haven't seen the zoom Pentax it is my understanding that it is a pretty large unit with a rather large eyepiece. It was particularly easy to use with glasses. The Schneider is not. I have been really impressed with the Pentax LUPE Thanks, Bob << I think there is a trade-off between magnification and over all utility of a magnifier. If the magnification is too high, it becomes difficult to get an overall feel for the image you are looking at, although sharpness becomes very easy to evaluate. I find that a magnification around 5x is sufficient to evaluate the sharpness of the negative (assuming the optics are of high quality), and yet it remains easy to judge the overall composition etc. of the image. I have a Nikon 8x magnifier that is OK, nothing great, but perhaps a bit too much magnification for my taste. I am tempted to buy that Pentax I saw earlier. Dan C. At 06:56 PM 19-11-98 EST, you wrote: >Nathan: > >Thanks for the note. > >Actually, the lense on the Pentax LUPE looks more like the front element from >a 75/1.4 camera lense than a Lupe. Very highly coated. Although I have been >extremely pleased with the 5.5x I do believe that the higher mag zoom model >would be much better. I am sure my dealer will allow me to swap. > >Take a look at it, I am sure you will like what you see. > >Bob > ><< > Bob, > > Many thanks, I had not even thought of Pentax. But now I see that B&H >actually has > a Pentax 5-11x zoom loupe in their catalogue. Price is reasonable too. I will >surf > over to Pentax and have a look at the specs. > > Nathan >>