Stop laughing at the back there! - my wife was in stiches last night when I first tried them on - but I had been looking into (pun intended) investing in an Optivisor headset when I saw these fairly cheap (£25.00) magnifiers on Amazon so thought I would try a pair first and to be fair they work really well. They come with a selection of clip in magnifications and LED lights which are adjustable to different settings. I am experimenting today with the x3 glass fitted which certainly brings out all the detail of straps and faces etc. I want to see how the hand/brush/eye co ordination works for me and I will report back in due course.
I am interested to read more on how these work out for. Aging eyes want to know.
ReplyDeleteSo far so good with the headset when painting.
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I have similar and swear by them.
ReplyDeleteSeems to be working for me Norm too :)
DeleteLee
Fantastic Lee - I am very impressed. I shall investigate these further.
ReplyDeleteOne word of warning from my own dabblings with a x2.5 jeweller's optical loop - do remember to remove them before you visit the bathroom...
Works very well Tony and no issue with the hand/eye co ordination, just the same but everything bigger!
DeleteI'll heed your warning but could be useful :) To quote the great Alan Bennett ' As one gets older ones Ears get larger and ones Dick gets smaller'
Cheers mate,
Lee.
Very interesting, Ive got what seems like a floodlight to strap on my head but my wife objects when shes trying ti watch TV!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Yes, my wife has told me it's like a spotlight when I turn towards her :)
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Lee.
great photo!!! good idea to help eyes when painting figures, eye sight care very important as we age, well done mate
ReplyDeletecheers Old John
I felt a bit of a twit when I first strapped it on mate, but it really does work well.
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Lee.
Love it Lee. I had something similar once but I couldn’t take to it. Hope you get on okay with it though.
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