Re: focusing loupe and focusing cloth

I don't know about a focusing loupe but any tightly woven no lint black
cloth should do. The heavier and finer the weave the better. Probably a
good try would be raincoat material. You want it pliable and easily
foldable. You could use fake leather or bookbinding material but this is
awkard to fold making packing a difficulty but perhaps more importantly
folds and the hang of the material do create natural light traps which will
make focusing easier, especially in conditions of bright light.

alexis

on 4/1/02 4:39 am, Jeff Dilcher at dilcher@hiddenworld.net wrote:

> Anyone have any good / cheap suggestions on how
> I should go about obtaining a focusing loupe and focusing cloth?
>
> I need something that will work reasonable well with
> a 4X5 view camera, but am not interested in spending
> too much, obviously. I have a finney that I am experimenting
> with using for lens as well as pinhole work..
>
> Any tips appreciated,
> Jeff
>
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Received on Fri Jan 4 04:14:05 2002