Re: Which Viewer for Well-endowed Man?

[P3D Gabriel Jacob <jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill Davis writes

>The fact that the viewer has a
>flush-to-the-front section between the lenses keeps me from getting the
>lenses any closer than about an inch (25 mm) from my eyes.  This section
>then bangs me on the forehead and won't go any further.  My nose has no
>recess at the top to tuck the viewer against either, it starts as far
>forward as the forehead and leaps out from there.
>
>View-Masters do not present this problem, since they have individual lens
>barrels which can both clear the proboscis and drop under the caveman
>forehead.  Unfortunately the VMs I've modified for Realist-format still have
>those long (42mm? 45mm?) focal lengths, so the image size suffers. 

I think this must be a rather common problem and I am surprised that most
viewers don't take this into account. This is especially true for those
who don't wear glasses and that would like to bring their eyes flush to
the lenses without them. The most common viewer that is best at this
aspect is the VM as you also mention. As for the size suffering due to
the longer focal lengths, I think this is a misconception since the VM
normally is used to view small film chips. This leads most people to
erroneously believe that the magnification is also lower. Actually 
the magnification is very close to the common viewers. In practical terms
the magnification of most Realist type viewers is less than 10% larger
than the VM viewer. Even though the magnification is almost the same
(and F.L.) most people think that one can't view 5p. As you know this is
not the case and actually one can view up to full frame quite easily.
 
>Is there a solution or do I need to buy a pair of those Revere lenses fron
>Dr. T and build my own? Or do I need cranial-reduction surgery? :--)

Well as I mention above, you don't need them for magnification since it
would be negligable. Where it would be a good idea to get them is of
course of their superiour quality and also larger diameter lenses.
As you mentioned money is an option, yeap I think the best bet would be
getting those Revere lenses and maybe trying to adapt them to the VM
casing. That shouldn't be insurmountable and relatively easy to accomplish.
This way you would have the best lenses (which are a bargain) on the
cheapest case, which just happens to be the best design!

Gabriel



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