Re: 40x84 lenses (King Inn mod)

[Greg Erker <erker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Paul sold his rolleidoscop about 6 months ago... from the looks of it,
>he hadn;t used it in quite a few years. He has at least one MF viewer
>which I have seen which was notably superior to the KI (I don't remember
>the name; it is a million years old and obscure), though I don't think
>it had achromats or focused. I think he may have a dutch custom high
>grade MF viewer as well...
>
>I think Paul simply believes in 35 mm because he does lots of macros,
>because of standardization, and because he could project. Remember that
>when he started MF was the rule and 35 mm was the exception, so this was
>a conscious choice on his part. In fact (as I've posted to this list
>previously), he hacked an MF camera into a 35 mm close-up camera, and
>uses this odd beasty to this day...

  Thanks for the info Eric. Sounds more
accurate than Don's info. I don't know Don
well but the feeling I get from talking to
him is that he the "opinionated old-timer"
type. Thus I take what he says with a grain
of salt.

Regards - Greg