Themelized viewers

[P3D Carrano, Allan <allan.carrano@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just got back two Realist red button viewers from Dr. T, after his
"Themelization" of them.  Now I have 202 red buttons.  :-)  I'll be able
to hold a slide presentation for 200 persons, and everyone can have the
ortho seat!  Oops, I forgot.  The Realist camera/viewer combo is not
really ortho is it?  Please...minimum digression on the topic, this
time.  :-)

I'm posting to jin in giving the usual, and well deserved, accolade to
Dr. T that others have expressed in the past for his restoration and
improvement of the already superb (mostly - see below) red button
viewer(s).  Thanks, George.   

I do have an open question for you, though.  It has to do with the
comments you supply when you return modified viewers.  You mentioned
that of the four red buttons you've now modified for me, there were tiny
air bubbles in the lenses of two of the viewers.  One viewer had the
bubbles in the peripheral area of the lenses, the other one in the more
central area of the lenses.  I was wondering if this is just my viewers
(paranoia again!) or is it a common red button viewer "problem" (as are
light leaks with the Realist cameras).  Is this something common to
other viewers too - Realist green buttons, Reveres, etc.?

Oops! again.  First the Realist camera light leaks and now red button
viewer air bubbles.  If I weren't such a Realist fan, someone might
mistake me for one of those Realist bashers out there! 

Truthfully, I have not been bothered by the viewers with the lens
bubbles.  I can't tell which viewer has the bubbles when viewing slides.
 Image quality looks pretty good to me in all 4 viewers.  But with a
magnifying glass, I do confirm the presence of the bubbles you've
pointed out to me, George.  Please comment.

Allan C.  


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