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Who has a good reasonably priced magnifier? Not sure I need some fancy loop, but I
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A good, lighted 10x loupe will very much surprise you with the level of detail you see.
But there are different uses for magnification. Define your use, and the degree of magnification will define itself. For general use, 10 to 15x is all you need. For more than general use, the sky is the limit.
Brian.
But there are different uses for magnification. Define your use, and the degree of magnification will define itself. For general use, 10 to 15x is all you need. For more than general use, the sky is the limit.
Brian.
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I consider my $400 OMAX Microsope with stage light and USB to be so good and so inexpensive it is as if they are paying me to get it out of their way. That is like a thousand dollar microscope. Conservatively.
Assuming you don't want to go there how 'bout these :
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0015IP380/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=
http://www.amazon.com/Donegan-OptiL..._UL160_SR160,160_&refRID=0HA9JVKVPJ26JT1XCFFM
http://www.amazon.com/EURO-ELP-558-..._UL160_SR160,160_&refRID=1CZN2WRBF6SP4W3CCHRM
You may find these for less with some searching.
I have a visor for each of four power / focal length lenses for various tasks.
I wish the thumb knobs on the sides of the visor for adjusting the tension at the pivots was more robust (have never failed but loosen up regularly) but these do the job. That and my microscope.
Oh and I have one of these hand held microscopes. It is pretty tedious to use but gives a very steady clear image once in position and is fairly inexspensive. It was my first mag device.
Assuming you don't want to go there how 'bout these :
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0015IP380/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=
http://www.amazon.com/Donegan-OptiL..._UL160_SR160,160_&refRID=0HA9JVKVPJ26JT1XCFFM
http://www.amazon.com/EURO-ELP-558-..._UL160_SR160,160_&refRID=1CZN2WRBF6SP4W3CCHRM
You may find these for less with some searching.
I have a visor for each of four power / focal length lenses for various tasks.
I wish the thumb knobs on the sides of the visor for adjusting the tension at the pivots was more robust (have never failed but loosen up regularly) but these do the job. That and my microscope.
Oh and I have one of these hand held microscopes. It is pretty tedious to use but gives a very steady clear image once in position and is fairly inexspensive. It was my first mag device.
I use a simple folding 10X loupe made by BelOMO. Sells for less than $40 on Amazon. Very good quality optics and pretty well put together with all metal framework. Appears to be a very popular magnifier for collectors and scientists working in the field. Works fine for me.
