Best Loupe up to 6x9

[arcimboldo]

Hello,
i was looking for a good loupe up to 6x9. would you consider different magnifications for 35mm, 6x6 and 6x9? Did Linhof fabricate loupes?
Kind regards from Germany

 

[Slixtiesix]

Do you mean a loupe that will cover the entire 6x9 slide or neg?

 

[EdSawyer]

use an approx 75-105mm taking or enlarging lens. makes a fabulous loupe.

 

[benjiboy]

I have a Schnieder 6X7 3X loupe that's generally considered "the best in the business" but they are expensive http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Schneider...k-/232288439094?hash=item3615784b36:g:hMsAAOS

 

[M Carter]

I've got the pricey Schneider, but this is by far my favorite loupe. It has the opening in the skirt which makes spotting or retouch a breeze - you can actually spot the grain back in with a small enough brush, so you can go beyond just spotting. It's focusable, and disassembles with a spanner for cleaning. I think of it as the BMW of loupes.

The camera-lens-as-loupe - I think it sucks. Unless you have three hands.

 

[benjiboy]

I've got the pricey Schneider, but this is by far my favorite loupe. It has the opening in the skirt which makes spotting or retouch a breeze - you can actually spot the grain back in with a small enough brush, so you can go beyond just spotting. It's focusable, and disassembles with a spanner for cleaning. I think of it as the BMW of loupes.

The camera-lens-as-loupe - I think it sucks. Unless you have three hands.

I'm sure this loupe is great for spotting and for smaller formats but you can't see the whole 6X9 frame with a 6X loupe at the same time the magnification is too powerful you need 3X.

 

[jim10219]

What exactly are you looking to do? Do you need one loupe for the entire screen, or are you content with a smaller loupe that you can move around the ground glass? I use a 7x thread counter I bought from a craft store for $5. To me, it works as well as anything else out there. Plus it's small, cheap, lightweight, folds flat, and I don't care if I lose or break it because of how easy it is to replace. I use it for all formats where I compose directly on the ground glass. But I'm near sighted, so I don't need any correction, just magnification.

 

[John Koehrer]

with respect to reversed lenses, I use a lens from an old Kodak slide projector. Like the taking lens solution, it's a very small field.

 

[Focomatter]

I use either a Schneider or a Carl Zeiss lupe made for 6x6 format for looking at 6x9 negatives. I have the Schneider lupe for 35mm as well. I seem to recall that Linhof made some lupe things to look at the ground glass of their cameras.

 

[craigclu]

I use the Mamiya 6X7 loupe for this duty and get a decent view of what I need. I cringed a bit when I impulsively bought it but is truly a great piece of glass.

 

[M Carter]

I'm sure this loupe is great for spotting and for smaller formats but you can't see the whole 6X9 frame with a 6X loupe at the same time the magnification is too powerful you need 3X.

Naah, all I "need" is a loupe I'm happy with - never felt the need to see a full 6x7 or 4x5 frame through a loupe (I keep a pair of cheap 1.5x readers by the light table) (and in every camera bag and by the computer and scattered all over the house actually...), 35's another story. YMMV, to-each-their-own of course. But man, spotting is a dream with that thing. I've gone beyond "spotting" and just replicate the grain in a given area. It can be pretty cool. Had a neg where the pattern of some hedges looked for all the world like a face peering out; just painted some more leaves in. Kinda cool.

 

[Reinhold]

The 5.5x Pentax is also excellent. Solid quality, focuses, 60mm diameter clear skirt, coated optics, not cheap. ...Worth it...
Reinhold

 

[arcimboldo]

I wasnt here for a longer time so i forgot to answer. I am sorry. Thank you for your answers. What is Salgado using here

I think i am looking for a loup which enables me to see a whole 6x6 or even 6x9 slide

 

[craigclu]

That appears to be a Cabin loupe...? I think it may be like the Mamiya that I own but the Mamiya does not have the rubber ring and has a plastic scallo- style body.