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Henning Serger

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Can you suggest a portable light table and a loupe for the viewing 6x6 slides?
Thanks.

1. Loupe:
I can highly recommend the Schneider 3x medium format loupe ( http://www.schneider-kreuznach.com/foto_e/zubehoer_lupen.htm ).
- excellent optical quality
- outstanding sharpnness
- no chromatic abberations
- no distortion
- you get almost a little bit of 3D effect
- usable both for slides and prints (the foot is changeable: transparent for prints, dark for slides)
- delivered in a nice, very stable box for transportation
- this loupe has an image circle of 8cm x 8cm, therefore you can even use it for 6x9cm slides (you loose only 0,5cm on each side, which doesn't matter).
I use it for 4,5x6; 6x6 and 6x9 slides.

Viewing medium format slides with this loupe is absolutely stunning.

I don't know for distributors in the Ukraine. But you may order it from Germany. For example at
http://www.greiner-photo.com/en/ (I've had very good experiences with them) or at
http://www.lumiere-shop.de/index.php?page=categorie&cat=32&next_page=2

2. Portable light table:
Use a light table with daylight, color temperature of 5000 - 5500°K.
Lots of different manufacturers are offering them, for example
Kaiser: http://www.kaiser-fototechnik.de/en/produkte/2_1_sortiment.asp?w=5
Dörr: http://www.doerrfoto.de/Produkte/index.html

Best regards,
Henning