Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Gerry Thank you for your answer. What is the typicall price for the loupes you have ? Logan. >From: Nathan Wajsman <belgiangator@yahoo.com> >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Help on loupes, leica loupe >Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 04:07:50 -0800 (PST) > >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/ _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.