Re: Mdfrmt slide viewer

[Paul Talbot <ptww@xxxxxxxxx>]

E R Swanson wrote:
> 
> If the surplus achromats used in the Saturnslide are still available, you
> can just use them as drop-in replacements for the King's Inn viewer.

And if they were, we wouldn't have run out of stock of the
SaturnSlide(tm) viewer in the first place.  ;-)  The supply
of those lenses is gone, and so is the supply of the larger
lens we are now using in the kit.

> The diameter covers the opening (there's plenty of room inside-- as
> previously mentioned, the simple lens that comes with the viewer is just
> glued on) which is all you need, and there's enough room (it's snug) to
> put in the thicker lens with no case modification, and the compression of
> the case holds it there-- though I also used a little self stick tape to
> be sure the lenses wouldn't slide around. 

How much of the 40mm diameter ends up being usable?  It seems
that if the exisiting cutouts are designed to hold a much
smaller lens, they would cover over all the extra diameter
of the larger lens.  Can the extra diameter be made usable
by hacking the lens openings to a larger size?

Paul Talbot