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Re: viewer lenses

  • From: erker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Greg Erker)
  • Subject: Re: viewer lenses
  • Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 16:23:53 -0600
>>Since I've so little experience, I don't know how visible the difference
>>will be.  Is the 98mm of the viewing lens too far from the 80mm of the
>>taking lenses?  Close enough?
>
>  Well 98/80 = 22.5% stretch. If you've ever viewed
>Realist/Kodak slides in a Red Button viewer (44mm lenses)
>then you've seen 25.7% stretch. If it didn't bother
>you then the MF viewing won't either.

  The Lubitel's you are getting have 75mm lenses
AFAIR. If so, then your stretch will be a bit
more (98/75=31%) than the Red Button example.

Greg