[OM] Re: olympus-digest V2 #3380

[Stephen Scharf]

> Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 13:49:54 -0700
> From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [OM] Slide viewer
>
> > I am looking for a good slide viewer. The one I used in the past had=20
> > a magnifying glass that was about 3" in size. I loaded the slides on=20
> > one side and then, by pushing a sliding lever, I could advance the=20
> > slides one at a time. It was battery operated.
> >
> > This was about 20 years ago!!  I suspect that things have changed=20
> > quite a bit since then. I did go to the B&H site but they have so=20
> > many listed that I have no idea of where to start.
> >
> > I do want to be able to load 36 slides and then view them at a=20
> > fairly significant magnification .. 4X6 would be fine.  I do have=20
> > loupes and also a slide scanner. I just need something that will=20
> > allow me to choose the slides I want to scan.
> >
> > Can someone point me in the right direction?
> >
> > Norm
> >
> > Norman S. Nadel, M.D.
> I have an old Angenieux viewer with a reflecting lens that is just=20
> wonderful. I got two for $15 years ago and gave one away. They were=20
> mismarked and sold at B&H for about $75 - almost a Fang.
>
> However, since I got a light table and a really nice distortion free=20
> 4X viewer I hardly use anything else any more. They have some pretty=20
> nice little battery operated ones that would actually be easier to=20
> carry around than a slide viewer. Certainly better quality than=20
> almost any slide viewer.
> - --=20
> Winsor Crosby
> Long Beach, California
>
> =95

I just bought a little Omega slide illuminator for $9.95 and a nice 
Russian-made Horizon 8X loupe that appears to be multi-coated for 
$28....I like the combination of these two very much!  The day I 
bought these two, I used this combo to look at the slides I just had 
shot with my new Contax T3. Hoo-wa! I was very impressed with all 
three (especially the Contax! <grin>). I bought the Horizon on the 
recommendation of Shae,the lovely African-American woman who is one 
the manager types at Looking Glass in Berkeley, and I like it very 
much. It flat smokes a Peak 4X loupe for $40 for optical quality. 
Kalt makes a nice 4X5 light tablet that sell for about $47.50 that I 
am planning on buying at some point. Mamiya makes a very nice light 
tablet and some nice loupes, too.
-Stephen Scharf
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