Re: Mdfrmt slide viewer

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In a message dated 9/30/99 4:35:10 AM GMT Daylight Time, Paul Talbot wrote:

<< I have been surprised how many people have told me they have
 seen MF images in a King Inn viewer.  And in the next breath
 they tell me the King Inn doesn't begin to compare to viewing
 slides with a SaturnSlide(tm) viewer.  So, Brenda, you are not
 alone!  I have even heard a story that Paul Wing finds MF
 stereo to have no advantage over 35mm stereo...and speculation
 that the reason for this could be that he was using a King Inn
 viewer to view the slides!>>

I saw the King Inn viewer at the ISU congress in Lindau a few days ago. 
It was dissassembled because one lens had come loose, so I can confirm
that ti is a simple single element lens. Quentin Burke commented that he
had an upgrade lens for it, but i didn't take too much notice - after all, I 
have
a SaturnSlide :-) No comparison, really!
 
<< I might also mention that Alan has been developing a lens
 upgrade product for the King Inn viewer.  I know he had
 wanted to roll it out in time for the ISU convention, but
 haven't heard whether that worked out or not.  Upgrading
 a King Inn to double element glass achromatic lenses will
 be an enormous improvement, of course.  But the lens size
 will be about the same as the originals, due to constraints
 of the viewer construction.  And it also won't improve the
 looks. ;-)  >>

This could, of course, be the upgrade that Quentin mentioned...
 
Bob Aldridge