Where can I find a loupe that can cover a 35mm frame of film?

[jsmoove]

I'd like to find a fixed focus loupe (with around 10x magnification) that covers the entirety of a 35mm frame of film without part of it getting cut off somewhere.
Anyone know of any or own one?

 

[Kino]

I'd like to find a fixed focus loupe (with around 10x magnification) that covers the entirety of a 35mm frame of film without part of it getting cut off somewhere.
Anyone know of any or own one?

https://www.freestylephoto.biz/112825-Peak-8x-Variable-Focus-35mm-Format-Loupe

Not 10x but close...

 

[jsmoove]

@Kino Good enough! Thankyou!

 

[logan2z]

https://www.freestylephoto.biz/112825-Peak-8x-Variable-Focus-35mm-Format-Loupe

Not 10x but close...

That's the one I use. Excellent loupe.

 

[mgb74]

Not at all bad for the price: https://www.amazon.com/Carson-LumiL...la-465231724680&ref=&adgrpid=69534739896&th=1

 

[jsmoove]

@mgb74 Yeah I was wondering about this one too, what the FOV was and if it could cover 35mm, even though the picture shows the negative

 

[mgb74]

@mgb74 Yeah I was wondering about this one too, what the FOV was and if it could cover 35mm, even though the picture shows the negative

I have the Carson 5x version which will cover 6x9.

 

[guangong]

The little Agfa loupe is ok. I use the Schneider. For 66 I use a chimney finder for Hasselblad. Collapsible lining testers also work for 35.

 

[jsmoove]

@guangong Little agfa loupe?

 

[jsmoove]

@Kino Any other 8x loupes out there that are good? It seems 8x is the ideal size for the fov for film after some research. I see there was an agfa 8x loupe, but that was a while back.
Just curious to alternative of the peak

 

[Kino]

@Kino Any other 8x loupes out there that are good? It seems 8x is the ideal size for the fov for film after some research. I see there was an agfa 8x loupe, but that was a while back.
Just curious to alternative of the peak

Not offhand, sorry!

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

Recommendations for 6x7 film?

 

[Kino]

Recommendations for 6x7 film?

Maybe this? https://www.magnifiercity.com/Coil5472LargeAsphericStandReaderwith2.8XMagnification.aspx

 

[AgX]

@guangong Little agfa loupe?

Agfa for decades made a 8x loupe in design similar to the linked-to Carson one.
(I just now learned of that Agfa loupe, never came it across...)

 

[Vincent Peri]

I use a Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 standard lens. It makes a great loupe. I can see the entire slide except for the extreme most corner(s)... depends on how I position the lens.

 

[reddesert]

Agfa for decades made a 8x loupe in design similar to the linked-to Carson one.
(I just now learned of that Agfa loupe, never came it across...)

I have one of those Agfa 8x inexpensive plastic loupes. I think it came from Freestyle many years ago. They now sell an own-brand loupe that looks very similar: https://www.freestylephoto.biz/112824-Arista-8x-Loupe

For loupes, the rated magnification is 10" divided by focal length. Thus the 8x loupe has a focal length of 1.25" or 32mm. This means that trying to look at a 24x36mm slide through it would require covering a wide angle. To really cover the slide, one needs to get a multi-element expensive loupe like the Peak, or back off the magnification to a 4x loupe or 50mm lens (effectively a 5x loupe).

 

[runswithsizzers]

I have the Carson LL-77 which is 7x, and I can see an entire 35mm negative, but only if my eye is close to the lens - maybe one-inch, or so.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0010PCL5Q/ref=emc_b_5_t
The quality is not bad for the price (but it is only $7. I don't know how they calculate the "7x" part, but I don't believe what I am seeing is 7 times bigger.

 

[gijsbert]

Has anybody used the Adox loupe?
https://www.fotoimpex.com/loupes-and-slide-viewers/adox-precision-loupe-10x.html
Even with a builtin light!

I use a Pentax 5.5x loupe, quite nice, can almost do 6x6 medium format too.

 

[AgX]

This means that trying to look at a 24x36mm slide through it would require covering a wide angle. To really cover the slide, one needs to get a multi-element expensive loupe like the Peak, or back off the magnification to a 4x loupe or 50mm lens (effectively a 5x loupe).

The cheapest multi-element loupe would be a 50mm standard lens, looked through from behind, as most of us already have a surplus of such or can get such for next to nothing.
However:
-) it does not cover full frame
-) it is lacking a transparent cone (one either would have to hold the lens freely or make some kind of arrest ending in a filter-ring)
-) it is heavy