are they any good for magnifying at a distance?

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are they any good for magnifying at a distance?


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are they any good for magnifying at a distance?


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Erm! no I'd use a telescope for that.

objects near to me of course.

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are they any good for magnifying at a distance?


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Erm! no I'd use a telescope for that.

objects near to me of course.

With the single lens (per eye) type (e.g. from Chronos), the lower the
"magnfication" the longer the working distance. The ones surgeons use are
actually little telescopes so could potentially be focussed for quite high
magnification several feet away, and there are applications which use these.
They are much more expensive.

You really have to specify what you mean by "near".

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are they any good for magnifying at a distance?


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Erm! no I'd use a telescope for that.

objects near to me of course.


I thought you said at a distance

make up your mind



fairly obvious, if you think about it, innit


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On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:04:12 GMT, "George"
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are they any good for magnifying at a distance?


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Erm! no I'd use a telescope for that.

objects near to me of course.

But you said "at a distance"... (FSVO "distance")


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"George" wrote in news:Jeaoi.1138$By5.607
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are they any good for magnifying at a distance?

Yes, for arm or desk distance, if that's what you mean.

If you want 2-10 yards, for flutterbies etc, a decent pair of bins; check
"close focus"

mike

On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:59:05 GMT, "George"
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are they any good for magnifying at a distance?

http://www.quicktest.co.uk are a good source for all sorts of
magnifiers. 20 quid gets you a jeweller's head-mounted magnifier, but
if you want the long focus distance type that you need for dentistry,
expect to pay around 150 quid. These are also (IMHO) too heavy to mount
on spectacles (without ripping your ears off) and need a full headband.

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On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:59:05 GMT, "George"
wrote:

are they any good for magnifying at a distance?

http://www.quicktest.co.uk are a good source for all sorts of
magnifiers. 20 quid gets you a jeweller's head-mounted magnifier, but
if you want the long focus distance type that you need for dentistry,
expect to pay around 150 quid. These are also (IMHO) too heavy to mount
on spectacles (without ripping your ears off) and need a full headband.


I had a look at that link MrD and found this guy was selling the same
headworn mags
http://tinyurl.com/39mmq8
theirs were £18 and these are £12...
Thanks all for any input.

Forgot the purpose of these head magnifiers for thos who was wondering what
for...painting portraits in oils :-)

http://www.20xx20.myby.co.uk/WIP222.jpg

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Forgot the purpose of these head magnifiers for thos who was wondering what
for...painting portraits in oils :-)

http://www.20xx20.myby.co.uk/WIP222.jpg

Can't you just follow the numbers ?

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Forgot the purpose of these head magnifiers for thos who was wondering
what
for...painting portraits in oils :-)

http://www.20xx20.myby.co.uk/WIP222.jpg

That would be scary at 20 feet never mind close up!

John

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"George" wrote in message
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Forgot the purpose of these head magnifiers for thos who was wondering
what
for...painting portraits in oils :-)

http://www.20xx20.myby.co.uk/WIP222.jpg

That would be scary at 20 feet never mind close up!

John



Yeah,yeah us artist are used to critique.