personal slide viewers
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While my experience is limited to only a few, I have *never* seen a good slide viewer. I'm not sure if such a thing exists.. I've got an old Agfa viewer somewhere in a cupboard but it is quite mediocre, with very strong CA and blurring in the corners, and even the centre is not exactly pin-sharp. The best ways a - light box *with GOOD loupe/s*. Personally I think you need two, one at about 4x to get the full view, and one of about 12x to check details/focus. - projector *with GOOD lens*, eg a Leitz SuperColorplan. When I was first starting to use slides, I replaced the stock lens on my Rollei projector with a Leitz on a recommendation from a knowledgable friend. I was astonished!! If you've never seen your slides projected *well* (eg if you've only ever used Ektagraphics or similar), you haven't yet lived. AAvK wrote: I have a little old view master pana-vue 2, $9.95 you know... but the lens is rather dreadful, uncoated and warped, and I would like to check for sharpness as well as see a much nicer image that is magnified. More than just seeing what the image is. I do have a Gagne light box and coated optic 4x loupe, but the "light" bothers me, and I really like the viewer idea more. Does any company make a decent one? Or, is there an older small sized make and model to look out for? Thanks all, -- })))* Giant_Alex cravdraa_at-yahoo_dot-com not my site: http://www.e-sword.net/ |
personal slide viewers
(x-posting heavily reduced..) While my experience is limited to only a few, I have *never* seen a good slide viewer. I'm not sure if such a thing exists.. I've got an old Agfa viewer somewhere in a cupboard but it is quite mediocre, with very strong CA and blurring in the corners, and even the centre is not exactly pin-sharp. The best ways a - light box *with GOOD loupe/s*. Personally I think you need two, one at about 4x to get the full view, and one of about 12x to check details/focus. - projector *with GOOD lens*, eg a Leitz SuperColorplan. When I was first starting to use slides, I replaced the stock lens on my Rollei projector with a Leitz on a recommendation from a knowledgable friend. I was astonished!! If you've never seen your slides projected *well* (eg if you've only ever used Ektagraphics or similar), you haven't yet lived. That's interesting because you'd think "some" company would have or is making a realistic good quality slide viewer, glorious coated optics that are precision ground, variable magnification and lighting... maybe someday. Probably not. -- })))* Giant_Alex cravdraa_at-yahoo_dot-com not my site: http://www.e-sword.net/ |
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