Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I forgot to mention in my initial reply, Bill Maxwell's contact details are: Maxwell Precision Optics P.O. Box 33146 Decatur, GA 30033-0146 phone: (404) 244 0095 No web page or email. You have to call, and be prepared to stay on the line for a while, Bill likes to talk...but it's worth it. Also, if you get his voice mail, leave your number, he WILL return the call (even overseas in my case). Nathan - --- Nathan Wajsman <belgiangator@yahoo.com> wrote: > As Gerry said, it is important to have a good loupe. > I > have a Schneider 6x loupe for 35mm. I chose that > over > the Leica mainly because of the higher > magnification. > The Leica is very nice as well. > > For medium format I use a Bill Maxwell 4x loupe > which > is designed to cover the 6x7 format and therefore > works perfectly for my square Rollei slides and > negs. > > Neither of these loupes is cheap but both are worth > it. I am not aware of medium format loupes which > give > a good enough magnfication for 35mm--most are 3x or > 4x > at most. If there were, say, a 6x MF loupe, I would > buy it and use it for both formats. > > But again, do not skimp on it. > > Nathan > --- Logan Reinwood <reinwood007@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > HI, > > > > I am thinking to buy a magnifier (loupes) to sort > my > > slides, check neg, > > etc... > > > > I really do know which magnification to buy 5x 6x > > 10x ? > > Are they some loupes that cover the 120 (6x6) > format > > ? > > Should I buy one for 135 and one for 120 ? > > Is that worth to pay a lot for such a tool ? > > What about the leica loupe ? Worth the price > > compared to e.g., Horizon ? > > > > TIA, > > > > Logan. > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > > http://www.hotmail.com. > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - > only $35 > a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/