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Re: [OM] A 50mm Note

Subject: Re: [OM] A 50mm Note
From: Skip Williams <skipwilliams@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 20:09:05 -0400
I've had a Schneider 4x loupe for about 15 years, and it's the best I've
ever found for a reasonable sum.  I think I paid about $75 then.  They're
$109 at B&H, $254 for the 6x aspheric version.  The 4x is well worth it.
You won't ever regret that purchase.

Skip


At 7/21/99 10:36 AM  -0500, you wrote:
>At 07:39 AM 7/21/1999 -0500, somebody wrote:
>> I think many of us (certainly me) have pretty much
>>abandoned our 50mm glass.  I can't remember the last time I used my 50mm
>>1.4.  Since I've acquired a couple of other bodies recently I've also
>>acquired another 50mm 1.4 and also a 1.8.  Yes, it makes a nice loupe.
>>
>
>The first statement might be true, but not for me. :/
>
>I borrowed my brother's 4X Schneider loupe recently, and it is really
>beautiful. Covers the entire slide and seems to render contrast more
>naturally than the 50/1.8 used as a loupe, which also seems to be more like
>6X or 8X magnification.  At about $100US, I guess Schneider gives you what
>you pay for.
>
>Joel Wilcox
>Iowa City, Iowa USA
>
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