Edmund Industrial Optics and Edmund Scientifics have a wide selection
of loupes. They are not cheap, but I have found them to be of very
high quality with super sharp images:
6X wide field:
http://www.edmundoptics.com/IOD/DisplayProduct.cfm?productid=1742
12X:
http://www.edmundoptics.com/IOD/DisplayProduct.cfm?productid=2020
--- Skip Williams <om@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Best "bang for the buck" is probably one of the inexpensive Peak,
> etc.
>
> There are a number of great loupes on the market. Leica's aren't
> made there, if I remember right. I think that Schneider makes
> Leica's loupes. Wetzlar is the German town where Leica Camera used
> to be based, but they've moved to Solms.
>
> Other loupe makers of note
>
> Schneider
> Rodenstock Apo
> Maxwell Precision Optics
> Contax Carl Zeiss Triotar
> NPC
>
> I've got an older Schneider 4x and a Maxwell 6x. The Maxwell is
> spectacular, with a very wide field for the whold 35mm frame.
>
> Skip
>
>
>
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> >--- danrich <danrich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Thanks members for the great info on how you look at your
> slides!
> >> Regarding eye loupes; what power is best to look at slides?
> >> I have a cheap set 2x 5x 10x, looks like 8x would be best.
> >> What eye loupe is the best bag for the buck?
> >> Leica, Schneider, WETZLAR, spendy.
> >> Dan
> >>
> >>
>
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