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Re: [OM] A new toy.

Subject: Re: [OM] A new toy.
From: Chris Crawford <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:17:23 -0400
That looks cool!


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On 10/10/09 8:29 PM, "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> One of our friends in New England uses me as the dumping ground for odd
> bits of techie stuff she no longer wants, buts would prefer to give to
> someone she imagines will use, or at least enjoy them.
> 
> A couple of years ago, it was two Oly cameras, a Stylus 35-70 and a
> D-460. This year it is a lens diopter measuring gauge.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Tech/Misc&image=
> LensGauge.jpg>
> 
> She was at one time an optician, but no longer. And I suppose they
> aren't much use nowadays in that job, anyway.
> 
> I have no practical need for it, but love having it. It helps keep the
> old fashioned techie who keeps a mechanical stop watch on his desk and
> plays with mechanical cameras happy. Another beautifully made mechanical
> device. :-)
> 
> Fun to play with. I have, for reasons not clear to me*, a set of 37mm
> close-up lenses. The front surface of the +1 is +5 diopters and the back
> surface -4, for a net of +1 diopter.
> 
> Then the "No. 1" of a set of Vivitar C-U lenses is about +5.1 and -4.4.
> for a net of +0.7 diopter and the "No. 3" is +2.6 diopter.
> 
> The brass mounted magnifying glass in my desk drawer is +2.6 on each
> side, total +5.2, so a focal length of ~200 mm.
> 
> Moose
> 
> * Aha! For the video camera.


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