Re: TDC olorists, eye relief etc.

[egoldste@xxxxxxxxxx (Eric Goldstein)]

At 12:07 PM 12/3/95, gosfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>I am an eyeglass wearer (myope) and hate cameras/viewers/etc. which do
>not allow me to see the whole field of view.
(snip)
>Dr. T suggested that the TDC colorist had a very user friendly viewfinder,
>and the Kodak viewer might have a larger field of view and more eye
>relief.  I plan to do mostly slides, but also to make 8x10 prints for
>cross eyed free viewing.  Are the TDC lenses anywhere near the performance
>of what I am used to (Nikkor, Leitz, Zeiss, Schneider) in moderate
>enlargements from images made at f8-f16.


If you want both slides and prints (and 8 x 10s), you may want to explore a
twin rig such as the one Mike Watters works up from XA-2s. In addition to
the optics issue, it might be tough getting the print quality you're
looking for from a 5 perf (virtually square) format going as large as you
plan to.

You might also explore a 7 perf FED, whose format might be more suitable
for slide and print work, and whose optics test better than most of the 50s
cameras. (According to at least one of our list "optics gurus" are roughly
comparable in resolution to the Zeiss Tessars on a Belplasca.)

Perhaps Joel Alpers can comment on eye relief and the FED. I can tell you
that the Belplasca viewfinder probably won't work for you...


Eric G.
egoldste@xxxxxx



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