P3D Loreo/Argus Macro?

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In a message dated 12/10/98 10:07:58 GMT, Rod Sage wrote:

<<  It would seem to me that a person could remove the mirrors (crack them
 off) a Loreo/Argus, put a magnifying lens in front of the two original
 lenses, and have a very inexpensive macro camera. I assume that it is
 the mirrors which are the primary cause in degrading the image quality
 anyway. The lenses I'm sure are plastic but may be fair quality. This
 camera would be easy to use and would not waste film like a 4 lens
 Nimslo or Nishika. It already has a flash that should have plenty of
 power for close-ups. A person could add small fixed aperatures to the
 lenses for depth of field like the Realist Macro. Any ideas?
 Rod >>

Sorry, but it just won't work! You see, the Loreo doesn't have a flat film
plane, as you would expect, and the lenses don't point forward!

In fact, without its mirrors it would be able to view slides with extremely
wide separation! (The lenses are toed out more than a little)

And relating to earlier discussions on the lenses in the Loreo, I have heard
them likened to lenses from a 110 camera - and I can believe it! They seem, in
fact, to be small, single element, plastic mouldings that work as well as can
be expected. I don't waste much film in mine, any more :-(

Bob Aldridge


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