I just received my new illuminated viewer from Dr T today and I can
say that I am very impressed. I have been following the early
comments eagerly and have been wondering if I would be one who was
tolerant of the shortcomings. I'm pleased to say that I am. That is
partly because it suits me as is. The focus range suits my eyesight.
The interocular range is perfect with my wife using the narrow end of
the scale and me using the widest setting. The brightness at first
seemed dull but I was sitting in a remarkably bright sunlit room.
Later in the afternoon the viewer seemed to be just right for
brightness, also helped by a new set of batteries to replace the
Chinese supplied ones. I will be interested to see how the
brightness holds up with use as the battery life drops off. It is
nice to hold in the hand, the backlighting is very even and of course
the lenses are those wonderfully sharp ones we have been impressed
with in the STL viewers.

The only shortcoming that I may do something about is the few
reflections on the interior. A minor niggle.

As I mentioned to Dr T, I can only compare this with my first venture
into 35mm stereo. When I saw my first slide in a red button Realist
viewer, I was blown away. I spent $250 Aussie dollars to get myself
one and was always impressed with it. Until now. When I think of
the quality of image seen in this new MF viewer and realise that it
only cost me around $100 Aussie dollars, it is an absolute bargain.
Any shortcomings or compromises are easily overlooked for the bargain
that it is.

Harry Calderbank

Thanks for the review Harry! Harry got one of the (very few) viewers from
the first batch. I am told that my order should be ready to ship at the
end of the month. For those who have ordered viewers and paid already, I
expect to be shipping your viewers the first or 2nd week of October.

It is interesting that Harry (and his wife) are OK with the range of
controls. As I said, my wife did not have any problem either.

> The only shortcoming that I may do something about is the few
> reflections on the interior. A minor niggle.

This was mentioned in Mike's review and 3D World is aware of it. If it is
a simple fix, they might correct it in the new production batch. I have
not been told if any changes will be made in this batch.

George Themelis