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[OM] Re: Light box & Loupe?

Subject: [OM] Re: Light box & Loupe?
From: "Darin" <d.rhein@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 10:51:36 -0800

Dan Mitchell wrote:
> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> A Zuiko 50/1.8 (mount end toward film) makes a superb 5X loupe.
> > For magnificaton of other lenses as a loupe divide 250 by focal length.
> 
>  Just curious -- where does 250/length come from? Why is 250 the magic 
> number here? It doesn't seem to be a number that I'd expect to "fall 
> out" of optics, but I must be missing something.
> 
>  -- dan

I'm curious where that number comes from as well?

Darin

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