Re: [photo-3d] Re: Medium format viewer

[Linda Nygren <lnygren@xxxxxxx>]

I agree with Paul that illumination is extremely important. Even the
simple act of adding a halogen bulb to a Red Button gives a HUGE
improvement in viewer "performance" IMO. [Better yet, replace or repaint
white reflectors  and clean lenses etc as part of a full
"Themelization".] On the rare occasions when I try to view a slide in an
RB or other viewer with an original type bulb, I am generally
underwhelmed. -Linda

Paul Talbot wrote:
> 
> Linda Nygren wrote:
> 
> > a good stereo viewer such as a Red Button with halogen bulb...
> > makes a huge difference in viewing your results.
> 
> Yes, it certainly does!  But why is that?  I think the answer
> varies for different people, but in my experience the first
> huge step up in viewing satisfaction came from using adequate
> brightness.  I would hold a "$3 viewer" within about an inch
> of a 100-watt equivalent circular fluorescent light.  DrT may
> consider this heresy, but the step up from there to a "T'd RB"
> may not have been as big as from a dim $3 viewer to a bright
> $3 viewer.  (The Red Button was a whole lot more convenient,
> however.)