Reading glasses considerably stronger than you need work well. And they are hands free!
Sometimes myopic vision comes in handy. I can remove my glasses and get close enough to the ground glass to fine focus (I have 20/400 vision uncorrected). Seems to work well enough for me. At least I can't see the difference. I'm not sure if this is better than a loupe but I have use the agfa and another no name loupe. I've bid on the Toyo and Schneider but some people seem to think the used loupes are more expensive than new. I refuse to pay 80 to 90 percent of a new loupe. Sometimes when you add in the shipping and handling its cheaper to buy a new one.
+3 reading glasses...cheap, effective and hands free!
The viewing lens of a broken Pentax spotmeter V.
Distortion at the edges?
Who cares about that, especially after Jim Galli has flooded the market with those Brass lenses?
I’d like to buy a Toyo 4x or 3.6x focusing loupe. Do any of you want to sell one? Thank you!
David
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My favorite is discontinued, replaced by a clear base model, but the replacement could be blacked out. I bought last year...
9X adjustable focus, very sturdy Made in USA
9X Transparent Base Magnifier Edmunds Industrial
https://www.edmundoptics.com/p/9x-tr...agnifier/1845/
I drilled a hole in base, using new shoelace to carry it around my neck
9X solved my problem
Tin Can
I have two Toyos, one which focuses and one which doesn't otherwise apparently identical. Optics are MUCH better than the plastic Agfas et al.
When I need to view edges or corners, I simply reverse the loupe and use my fingers as spacers to achieve correct distance to the GG. Is it a little frustrating? Yes, but I'll take it over not being able to see what's happening in those areas at all! I could make a skirt for this use to make the distance correct with the slight back edge in the way, but that would then mean taking it on and off, carrying it in a pocket (or maybe attaching by cord to the loupe, where it would undoubtedly a pain). I don't have the skills to make a collared extension that could fold against the loupe and fold out for use.
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