I apologize if this has been covered, but I did not find it with a search. I have recently purchased, and am eagerly awaiting, a new Intrepid 4x5 gen 3 camera. I am amassing the accoutrements necessary to use the camera when it arrives. I have 5.5 film holders (11 shots as 1 slide is cracked) and a Nikkor-W 150/5.6 lens on the way. Now I am looking at loupes.

I have a 8x loupe that I have used for years to view slides on a light table. I have read some things that indicate this may not be the right tool for focusing a view camera. I don’t want to get tools I don’t need, but I also don’t want to shoot several frames to figure out that I don’t have the right tool.

I have seen sone loupes that allow you to focus the loupe. That seems weird as it appears that you are focusing two things against each other, but, if that is the right tool, once explained, it should make sense.

I appreciate your input on this issue & in helping a LF noob out.