Recommended magnification level

Stop at the reading glasses rack at the drug store, see which works best for you. No two eyes are the same, I find the high mags worse than a naked Mk1 eyeball. I'm at that stage of life when I can't see close up or far away...everything in the middle is fine. Of course I do get some funny looks holding the book I'm reading with my feet and turning the pages with my toes.

I actually took a couple of figures (one each 1/48th and 1/35th and a paintbrush) with me to the rack and tried various readers... For me, it was 2.5.. It helps a lot if you have what you need 'em for when you go shopping for 'em..

I use an optivisor with a 2.5. Works best for me and much easier to use than my friends 5.0.

 

Hmmm, you guys must be better off in the eyesight department then I  - I cant even read what the mangnifacation is on my Opti..

I do like the Idea from Hans on taking different sized figures to the reader rack though

I posted this before:  You just got to find the combination that gets the job done!

 

HawkeyeHobbies wrote:

I posted this before:  You just got to find the combination that gets the job done!

I KNEW it! I friggin' KNEW it!

Just have a wife handy to do the actual work!

About the eyes though.....when buying 'reader' glasses.....bring some newsprint that you can't otherwise read.....baseball box scores etc.....as a reference also.