Mercury Comfort Viewer
Mercury Comfort Viewer
This medium format slide viewer is significantly less expensive than our Immersive or Deluxe Parlorscopes, yet retains their level of ergonomic comfort and adjustability.
It utilizes high quality professional glass lenses (achromats) and features individual eye focusing and adjustable interpupillary distance. It comes in two versions: a slides-only version (streamlined for very smooth slide carrier insertion and removal) and a slides+digital version that can accept several Xperia 4k resolution Sony phones: the Z5 Premium (very affordable and available new from Hong Kong), the XZ Premium (with USB C but only available used), and the Xperia 1 series. Note that the phone tray is sold separately. When used with one of these phones, you can view still images and videos at significantly higher quality than with a VR headset. New phone trays can be designed for future compatibility.
The slides option can take slides up to medium format size. This viewer is compatible with our full range of slide carriers, including standard cardboard MF3D slides, plastic 3D World slides, vintage glass formats, 35mm formats, etc.
Unlike our Parlorscopes, this viewer utilizes a diffuser panel and makes use of external light sources to backlight your slides: lamps, overhead lights, or sunlight all work well. As a result, this viewer is significantly lighter and more compact.
Optically, this viewer presents a narrower field of view than our Parlorscopes, which leads to some corner vignetting for larger slides. This leads to an immersive perspective enjoyed by many. For a more technically perfect viewer, check out our professional Deluxe Parlorscope.
This viewer includes one slide carrier. By default we ship the 13cm cardboard slide carrier; contact us if you would prefer a different carrier instead. The Comfort Viewer utilizes the same slide carriers as the Immersive Parlorscope, but without diffuser plates. Phone trays (for the Slides + Digital version) must be ordered separately.