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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dark Wolf" data-source="post: 1286446" data-attributes="member: 61729">Glare and HoodsSorry BillB, I have been off the radar for awhile.  I ordered my to items to reduce glare from ScopeTronix (<a href="http://www.scopetronix.com" target="_blank">www.scopetronix.com</a>).  I received just the rectangular hood we talked about, but the 2x shield (HDCR) eyepiece never came.  Scopetronix doesn't even have a phone number to reach them.  They have one for returns, but when I tried it said the number was no longer good.  Hoodman has a lot of nice products but I got interested in the Loupe they have that is not attached but you put up to the LCD and it also has a 0 to 3x variable to help focus thru the camera.  Since I think Scopetronix is defunct I cancelled my order and called B&H about the Hoodman LCD Loupe.  A salesperson said that the 2x only looked at a small portion of the LCD screen.  He said the Loupe looked at the entire thing and was a pretty popular item with good reviews but it was backordered and about $70.00.  I did a Google search and found that just about everyone who reviewed it loved it, except one guy who thought it worked great, but when he dropped it an explosion of plastic parts went everywhere, so not very rugged.  Then I found a website: <a href="http://www.nicephotomag.com/feature-articles/nice-loupededoop-hoodman-loupe" target="_blank">http://www.nicephotomag.com/feature-articles/nice-loupededoop-hoodman-loupe</a> that actually works really well.  My first try was rather rough but it really does work and it cost me $8.00.  So I thought forget the $70.00 one.  Hope this helps.Smeyer</blockquote>

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