For quick stuff, I use a little 4x5 Cabin flat transparancy illuminator and
either a 6x Maxwell or 4x Schneider Loupe. I never found any of the slide
viewers worth fooling with. The color was always too yellow and the optics
so-so. The Cabin and other flat-panels are color corrected, so you see
your transparancy via the correct color temperature light. The Cabin's
come in 8x10 and larger models.
Unfortunately, none of these are cheap, but IMO you should evaluate your
work using good equipment. Otherwise, why did you buy the great lenses in
the first place?
Skip
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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 23:18:38 -0400
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Which slide viewers are good? Sad story followed by a plea
I recently bought a Gepe viewer for 35mm slides, for about US $40 new, the
model with a glass lens. It was a failure. There was a layer of hazy
white material on the back of the lens, there were distracting reflections
everywhere, and the case was glued together, so I couldn't get it apart to
clean the lens and paint the inside of the housing flat black, or add some
baffles. I took the viewer back to the camera store. The sales staff
tried all the other viewers costing $40 or more, and all had one obvious
and crippling design problem or another. I gave up and got my money back.
So, my question is this: Who makes (new or used) good slide 35mm viewers?
What about 6x6? What makes and models should I look for, and what should I
avoid? (I don't want to use a slide projector for taking quick looks.)
Joe Gwinn
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