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can anyone reconmend a decent loupe.I have broken mine , it was only a cheap one any way, :mr green:

Tom Green wrote:can anyone reconmend a decent loupe.I have broken mine , it was only a cheap one any way, :mr green:

I have a Silvesrti 6x that I bought for about £60 from Teamwork. It's quite good viewing wise (I'd say not far off the Schneider 6x loupes which are about twice as much), and feels solid (more solid than the Schneiders, but a bit heavier too).

Not sure if I'd buy the same again if I lost or broke it though!6 or 7 out of 10 I'd rate it!

Have a look at this http://www.largeformatphotography.info/ ... php?t=1819 - does anyone here use an 80mm enlarging lens as a loupe by any chance?

You might get more advice if the question was posted under General Discussion

I have just listed a horseman 4x on ebay. I have 2 of them and prefer them to the schneider as the let in a lot more light.

I use the loupe i used to use for viewing 35mm slides. You see them branded as Ohnar, Jessops, TWD etc. Optically excellent but pretty cheap. I think i got mine from ebay for about £15. Here is the teamword version:

http://www.teamworkphoto.com/index.php? ... 101409a411

I don't see the point personally in using big money slide loupes for focussing. Sods law states you'll only lose/break it.

Many thanks Dave, received loupe first thing this morning . very pleased ,Tom,