[Don Schaeffer]

I've always had trouble viewing the LCD on my camera in bright light. No matter hat they tell you--you can't. Hoodman sells a viewer loupe for pressing against the lcd screen to view it clearly with very slight magnification. I priced it and found that this little loupe would cost about 100 dollars with shipping. I made a loupe by putting a little soft foapm padding around an old fashioned simple slide viewer with the translucent back removed.It cost less than $5 if you can find them.

I mounted it on a neck strap using a rubber band.

[shuttertalk]

Wow! Ingenious! Does it work well? Do you just see magnified pixels, or does it help you to see more detail?

[Don Schaeffer]

Thanks. Yes it does. The slide magnifyer is only about 2x. You can see the pixels but it's almost looking a ground-glass texture. The image is clear enough to evaluate sharpness. Make sure you get a low magnification loupe.

[relldiscal]

Wow! Then magic, we feel very OK!

[Keith Alan]

Good idea, Don.

[Don Schaeffer]

You can buy one from Hoodman in the states. I priced at $60 with another $40 for shipping to canada.