Re: Sputnik viewer and adapter?

[Tom Deering <tdeering@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Brenda asked about the printing frame; now I'm curious about the
>viewer.  I've just been advised that "In the USSR in the sixties,
>when you bought a Sputnik, you also got a Gomz stereo viewer."
>Is the Gomz viewer the one you refer to Tom?

Yes.

>More generally, just what is a Gomz viewer?  Print or slide viewer?
>What focal length and diameter are the lenses?  Does a person wearing
>glasses find it convenient to use?

I'd never bother to use one.  It is made of a weird size of slide/print.
Optically, it looks like junk.  Physically though, it seems really well
made.  Looks good on a shelf.

>Also, what might be meant by "a Russian stereo macro adapter unit"
>that someone acquired with their Gomz viewer?

Ugh.  I shudder to think.

Tom