on 10/8/01 5:44 AM, Wayne Culberson at waynecul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Thanks to those who replied concerning a slide viewer. I appreciate the
> advice on using my 50mm 1.8 as a loupe as I hadn't heard of that before.
> I have a kodak projector, but wanted a hand held viewer I can use to go
> through many slides I don't have in trays (and no room for more trays).
> I don't mind if it only takes one slide at a time, but I want something
> that magnifies (for 50 year old eyes) and gives good lighting, and one
> that doesn't require natural light, so I can use it on long winter
> nights.
> I have 28 year old Kodachrome 64 slides that are perfect from my
> original Olympus RC. I still use quite a bit of Kodachrome 64. Old
> habits die hard I guess.
>
I found a 'stack loader' for my Kodak Carosel projector (~25 years old)
which works for the non-tray slides. I also find the trays occasionally in
thrift stores for $1-2 each, which is a LOT less than they cost new. If
there's nothing obviously broken on them they usually work OK.
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...
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