Loupe

Glossary Terms

5x and 10x loupes used in examining film image by Voxphoto (Image rights)

A loupe is a small, mounted magnifying glass; photographers often use these to examine negatives.

A magnifier is sometimes fitted into a viewfinder hood (e.g. in TLRs) to enlarge the viewfinder image, as an aid to focusing.

Folding rectangular loupe in an Exa 1a waist-level finder image by Uwe Kulick (Image rights)