Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bingo!!! I've used 'em for years! Used to have a spare (third?) rigid summicron I used. barrel was scruffy, glass was fair to good. However, when the "collector" crowd drove the price of these "user" 50s -- which we used to pick up for $50-75 or get thrown in with our $300 M-2 -- up to $275 for a beater, journalist lens, I decided it was too valuable to use for a loupe and sold it!! Still use my own third version 50 on occasion, tho.... I have used a 35 for "high magnification", too, but in today's market I don't leave 'em laying on the light table anymore!!! BTW, the old Kodak "anastigmat" loupe is good, and usually can be picked up at shows for next to nothing. I don't think it quite covers the whole frame, but gives a good view. CU, WaltOn Fri, 20 Nov 1998, George Huczek wrote: > I have an old 50mm Pentax screwmount lens that serves as a very nice loupe > when viewing from the front of the lens. I picked it up for next to > nothing. Any used standard lens, bought at a very reasonable price, can be > used for this purpose. It is an inexpensive way to go. The only drawback > is that the lens has to be held above the slide or contact sheet, and it > doesn't have a shade that rests on the object being viewed. If the lens > has any protruding pins, you have to make sure that they don't touch the > surface being viewed. > I will have a look at the Pentax zoom loupe though, given the reviews it > has received here. > >