Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Martin, nothing like divergent opinions. I have heard good things about the Versalab before, and one of them was that it was simpler, accurate enough and faster. Cheers On Friday, Jun 18, 2004, at 22:31 Australia/Melbourne, Martin Jangowski wrote: > On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >> Big mistake!!!! >> Try these guys instead!!! >> Great to work with these people. (a married couple) >> Became a parallelist. Get a Zip/align. I'll send you a signet ring. >> It's 100 times more accurate than those crude laser beams. >> I counted. >> http://www.zig-align.com/ > > I tried both systems and settled with the Versalab. The mirror method > may > inherently be more accurate, but the laser is faster and more then good > enough. You can easily see the difference after pushing a piece of > normal > paper under one edge of the easel, and that's enough sensitivity for my > mother's son. > > Additionally, from time to time I make wall enlargements, and the laser > beam spans several meter easily, if needed. The picture in the set of > mirrors is _very_ small at this distance... and you can easily align a > camera for a lens test with the Versalab, just fasten one of the glass > mirrors over the front lens and put the laser in the middle of your > test > chart. > > A good investment, I think. > > Gr??e aus Hohenlohe, > > Martin Jangowski > > | Martin Jangowski E-Mail: Martin@Jangowski.de| > | Netzwerke und Multimedia | > | Voice: +49 7946/940790 Fax: +49 7946/940791 | > | Snail Mail: Von-Olnhausen Str. 4 74626 Bretzfeld Germany | > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Alastair