Recommended magnification level

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.

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

 

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

 

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..

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.