"Baron" wrote in message
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D Yuniskis Inscribed thus:

On 1/15/2011 10:52 AM, Baron wrote:
D Yuniskis Inscribed thus:
I have found that adequate *light* is more important than
magnification (but that may just be the age of my eyes)

I can certainly empathise with that last paragraph. Good lighting is
very important. Particularly where identifying colors is required.

I find that I need more than "good" :-/

I used to be able to read the markings on DIPs at arm's length
"with a glance". Now, I need to rock them back and forth to get
the light to reflect off them at the right angle before things
are visible (at times, I swear they have changed to BLACK INK!! : )

Ditto for color codes. Seems like the colors have crept closer
together in the spectrum :-/

Yes colours have definitely become harder to read. I've used the "PTFE"
tape trick on IC's and SMD parts a number of times to read the
markings.

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Best Regards:
Baron.

But bear in mind what I said on here a few weeks ago about how hard it is to
distinguish similar coloured bands under CFL light, due to the hugely
discontinuous spectrum that the stupid things put out ...

Arfa