On 3/29/2014 9:56 PM, William Sommerwerck wrote:
Several years ago I went through this problem of wanting to look at
something under pretty high magnification while at the same time
needing the lens to be out of the way. I finally figured out I needed
a telescope, not a microscope.

I have a clever little optical device made in Wetzlar, called an
Emoskop. You can rearrange its components to make various optical
devices, including a 2.5x magnifier with a long working distance.

http://www.submin.com/binocular/manuals/emoskop.htm

Haverhill's still sells it, under the name Episcope.

I have one of those too. Works great.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

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