Re: Rodenstock 6x loupe
I suspect that they are a US made or Mamiya US labelled product as they are not readily available in Aus, HK or Japan, they are pretty expensive too, mind you I'd really like to peer through the Mamiya 4x to 12x Zoom loupe, that's a range I'd pay for. I am quite certain they were made in Japan (obviousely from the same manufacturer). As I know, the brand Cabin has never been popular in HK. For the Japan market, there is a Japanese site so they must be available in Japan. http://www.cabin-kogyo.co.jp/ regards, Alan Chan _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Rodenstock 6x loupe
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a link to site by a guy trying and rating different loupes including the pentaxes. I saw that one from my web search yesterday. I have a _very_ limited choice down here... Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ (out of date) - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Rodenstock 6x loupe
I checked out the loupe today. Its not too bad at all - a little bit of barrel distortion and the sharpness contrast looked good, although I didn't have anything to compare it with. The eye relief wasn't quite as good as I anticipated, and because I wear glasses I lose a little bit off the extreme corners and get just a touch more distortion. Having thought a bit more about my needs I will probably stick with my 3x loupe for previewing slides, and the 10x for checking sharpness. I do have a projector for when I want a big full-frame image :) Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ (out of date) - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Rodenstock 6x loupe
I don't know about the 6X, but since you have the 3X, would it be more useful to go for the 8X or 10X so you can inspect the sharpness? regards, Alan Chan I'm getting enabled again. Since I bought my Rodenstock 3x full- frame loupe for 6x6 at Photographica, the shop I normally go to now has them in stock. Thats no big deal, but they obtained a couple of other loupes at the same time. They now have a very nice-looking Rodenstock aspheric 6x loupe, full-frame for 35mm slides. I haven't tried one out yet but it looks big enough that it might have a decent amount of eye relief. BH have them; I'm not going to paste their stupidly long URL. Their catalog number is ROL6XB, price US$186.95. They seem to have them in several ugly colours but its the black one I'd be getting. Have any of you guys used one of these? Impressions? _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Rodenstock 6x loupe
Alan Chan wrote: I don't know about the 6X, but since you have the 3X, would it be more useful to go for the 8X or 10X so you can inspect the sharpness? The shop only stocks 4x, 6x and the big 3x Rodenstocks. I figured the 6x would be quite useful but having just put the some 35mm slides under the 3x, that might be good enough. I already have a 10x loupe and while its not fantastic (it could use better coatings) it does its job well. I'll check out the 6x on Sunday if I remember to bring some slides but now I doubt I will buy it... Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ (out of date) - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
