Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: Loupes and quality
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 08:41:36 -0700

Dan Post wrote:
> 
> Jim-
> Am I being difficult, or what? I know a lot of you guys sit at a light table
> all day long, but for the occassional use, I use my Summitar wide open ( it
> was cleaned and cleared by J. Van Stelten) and it seems to work perfectly
> well, and with less eyestrain than the Peak I dropped a fair amount of money
> on.
> Dan
snip
> >I own and use a 5x Macromax (Wetzlar), an NPC 5.5x, and a Schneider 6x
> >ASPH. And they perform in that order. The 6x ASPH is clearly a winner.
> >
> >Jim

I use a 50mm 1.4 Nikkor turned upside down and a backcap with a nice
eyehole I put in it. I can't find a loupe to match it. Lugman Michael
Leitheiser was pretty impressed by it!.
Mark Rabiner