Page 3 of 3 FirstFirst 123
Results 21 to 23 of 23

Thread: Best loup for ground glass focusing?

  1. #21
    Maris Rusis's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2006
    Location
    Noosa, Australia.
    Posts
    1,214

    Re: Best loup for ground glass focusing?

    I still have all the focussing loupes I purchased but I no longer use them on the ground glass of my Tachiharas. Now I use 3.5 dioptre reading glasses that have been fitted with a neck cord. The glasses offer me several advantages:

    They fold flat and fit in a top pocket so they are ready at hand but never feel like a painful lump against the body.

    They cost $2 at the local bargain store. Loss or breakage is not a tragedy.

    Focussing accuracy is already better than the unaided eye can see.

    All the ground glass can be scanned quickly to keep track of what is happening everywhere on it. Loupes would enable me to focus accurately at a point but something else would be out. Fix that and something else is out. It can take a long time to focus everything with a magnifier that sees only a tiny piece of the screen at any one time.

    Both hands are free. I need two hands to unlock the focussing track, turn the focussing knob, release and lock swing , shift, and tilt controls and hold onto the focussing cloth on a breezy day. Actually I need five hands so dedicating one just for holding a loupe against the ground glass really slows me down.

    Light does not wait.
    Photography:first utterance. Sir John Herschel, 14 March 1839 at the Royal Society. "...Photography or the application of the Chemical rays of light to the purpose of pictorial representation,..".

  2. #22
    Doug Dolde
    Guest

    Re: Best loup for ground glass focusing?

    Toyo 3.6

  3. #23

    Re: Best loup for ground glass focusing?

    For 4x5 and 5x7 the inexpensive Toyo is all you need. All you need to do is unintentionally forget to put it in your vest and you will find that it is not always a critical accessory.

    For 8x10 and larger there is absolutely no need for any focusing aid unless you are photographing in very dim lighting conditions or with the widest of wide angle lenses. Most of the time the ground glass is sufficiently large to just use your naked eyes with or without your reading glasses.

    Cheers!

Similar Threads

  1. Focusing Screens
    By cblurton in forum Cameras & Camera Accessories
    Replies: 20
    Last Post: 16-May-2018, 18:59
  2. Ground Glass Focusing - Linhof TK23
    By Greg Liscio in forum Cameras & Camera Accessories
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 10-Nov-2006, 09:05
  3. Ground glass focusing plane
    By Louis Jensen in forum Cameras & Camera Accessories
    Replies: 5
    Last Post: 26-Feb-2004, 09:45
  4. focusing loupe for ground glass
    By dileep prakash in forum Cameras & Camera Accessories
    Replies: 7
    Last Post: 5-Jan-2004, 05:39
  5. Ground glass focusing with fresnal screens
    By John Dorio in forum Style & Technique
    Replies: 8
    Last Post: 23-Jan-2000, 17:45

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •