George Orwell wrote:

I enjoy soldering and repairing electronics, both old TV's, radios,
and modern circuitboards. Unfortunately my eyesight isn't what it
used to be, my nearsightedness has gotten worse the past two years.
Now I'm thinking of buying a decent workbench magnifier lamp, like one
of the Luxos.

My basic question for people who have made such a purchase, did you go
for the 3 or 5 diopter lens, which gives a magnification of 1.75x or
2.25x. The price is pretty much the same either way and I'm sort of
leaning towards the 5 diopter. My only concern is that maybe too much
magnification might introduce errors or distortion?

I have two Lemo brand circular fluorescent tube, angle poise style with
interchangeable lens. Unfortunately my eyesight is going the other way
and I'm becoming more long sighted. I find that the 5 dioptre lens has
a more narrow field of view than the 3 dioptre one and is a little more
difficult to work under. But for general examination use the 3 dioptre
is fine.

I also have a headset with interchangeable lenses that are adjustable
from 1.5 to 10 dioptre. I find that these are even worse if you want a
wider field of view. Its a bit like looking down a tunnel that gets
longer the higher magnification.

HTH

Il mittente di questo messaggio|The sender address of this
non corrisponde ad un utente |message is not related to a real
reale ma all'indirizzo fittizio|person but to a fake address of an
di un sistema anonimizzatore |anonymous system
Per maggiori informazioni |For more info
https://www.mixmaster.it

--
Best Regards:
Baron.