[LargeFormat] Focusing Loupes (was Re: Darkcloth hoods?)

[Jim]

A few years ago I personally settled on the Schneider 6x Aspheric loupe. I 
have a Boss screen in my Technikardan 45S which, for all intent and 
purposes, is grainless. The 6x seems to be perfect (for me) for examining 
the image for sharpness.

Jim Brick



>At 6:21 pm -0600 13/2/02, Lee Carmichael wrote:
>>Clive,
>>     I have the same focus loop.  I have never bothered with any kind of case
>>for it.  I just wind the string around the barrel and stick it in my back
>>pack.  When I am working I just wear it.  I have had mine for several years
>>and have not scratched anything.  Any loop longer that about 6x is too long
>>in my opinion.  You start to see the grain of the ground glass.  You loop is
>>about 3.5x or so.  It will serve you well.
>>
>>lee
>snip
At 12:47 AM 2/14/2002 +0000, Clive Warren wrote:

>Hello Lee,
>
>Thanks for that - maybe I'm being too precious :-)
>
>Agree with you about the magnification factor - 3.5 is good for me and the 
>rough ground glass of the trusty old MPP. There is almost a religious 
>fervor associated with opinions about optimum magnification for loupes. 
>Some people swear by 6x and greater but I have found this to be too much 
>even with a fine ground glass.
>
>Cheers,
>        Clive