Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 6:56 PM +0200 16/5/99, Larry Kopitnik wrote: snip >But beware of the Schneider 6x aspheric if you wear eyeglasses and expect >to be able to see an entire 35 mm frame clearly. Because you can't. The >loupe is optically excellent -- terrific sharpness and contrast. But I want >to be able to see the complete 35 mm frame at once, and eyeglasses hold an >eye far enough away with this loupe that the sides of the frame are badly >blurred. I need to shift the loupe to be able to view an entire slide >clearly. I found such poor eye relief a major disappointment in such an >expensive and otherwise excellent loupe. snip Larry- A Pentax 5.5x loupe has fixed this problem with me. My glasses do not touch this loupe when I see an entire 35 mm frame. Though its optics may not be as good as Leica, Schneider, and Zeiss conterparts, I find it the most practical. (The CDI report gives it five stars.) The only drawback is size/weight (67 mm x 75 mm, 320 g). When I need more magnification, I use binocular macroscopes (fortunately, Leica). It is too good, and I cannot carry it with me. ;-) Mikiro Mori Strasbourg, Europe http://members.tripod.com/arbos3/cigogne/index.html