Mercury Deluxe Parlorscope

This is the highest quality medium format slide viewer that has ever been produced.  It differs from our Immersive Parolorscope in that it uses 75mm lenses instead of 60mm, which provides the user with slightly more distance between themselves and the image.  This is closer to a more classical slide viewing experience, but utilizing the highest quality lenses (and backlighting) ever put into a stereo viewer.  The lenses are very large (2 inches in diameter), accommodating a wide range of interpupillary distances without requiring adjustment.  It features independent eye focus and comes in two versions: a slides-only version and a slides+digital version.  Unlike the Immersive Parlorscope, it only accepts the slimmer Xperia 1 series phones for its digital functionality; not the Xperia Z5 Premium or XZ Premium.

The slides option can take slides up to medium format size and includes a large, high-end backlight that is extremely bright, has a CRI (color rendering index) greater than 95 for vibrant, accurate colors, has two diffusion plates for the most even and smooth possible backlight, and runs off of USB (plugged into an adapter, a power bank, or our highly recommended Battery Handle), so no more batteries to deal with.  It has a universal carrier system with carriers for many different slide mounts (and we can make new ones if desired).

The digital option works with Sony Xperia 1 series phones with 4K screens for the highest quality digital stereo viewing possible today (and in the future).  The phone (which is not included) can be charged and connected to accessories without removing it from the viewer.  This viewer can be used to view still images as well as videos at significantly higher quality than with a VR headset. New phone trays can be designed for future compatibility.

Besides being less expensive, the slides-only version is slightly more streamlined than the dual version in both appearance and use (slide carriers slide in faster and smoother, with less need of manual guidance).  If you primarily create medium format slides, we recommend this version.

Both versions come with a slide carrier for standard 80x132mm cardboard slides. Additional slide carriers for 3D World plastic slides, glass slides, and Realist (135) slides can be purchased here.

The dual version also includes a phone tray for Xperia 1 phones, and a special two-key keyboard programmed to navigate images on Xperia phones.  

Full documentation for this Parlorscope can be found in the Mercury Stereo User Guide, downloadable at the bottom of this page.