Magnifier Lamp

[taffjones]

Can anyone recommend a good magnifier light, I get the feeling that I could really use one.

 

[megroot]

Don't know. I use two lightbulbs in a Ikea desk.
Further I use a optivisor from a opticien..
That will do.

 

[theBaron]

Me, too, I use an OptiVisor and a couple of flexible desk lamps. The lighted magnifiers that I saw in stores ran upwards of fifty bucks, and in the end, it seemed better to light the area and have the magnifiers in front of my peepers, instead of at my hands.

Prost!
Brad

 

[billyturnip]

Taff, if you need a bit of magnification try this, http://www.amazon.co.uk/Modelcraft-Headband-Magnifier-lenses-light/dp/B000B8JNVI

I have one, cheap and cheerful but it works, a word of warning though forget the light, it's useless, buy a desk lamp.

Roger.

 

[colonnello kurz]

i have this......really good

http://www.pearl.de/a-NC6098-5632.shtml

 

[Silversurfer]

Hi Taff, I bought one of these magnifier lamps some time ago and found it useless ,´cause it distorts heavily!
So I use a OptiVisor and two 80 W lightbulbs and have good results with this ensemble.

Thomas

 

[Christos]

Many miniaturists use actulite system, although it is a little expensive it is perfect.I stronly recomended this.
http://www.actulite.com/task/index.html

 

[Shane Rozzell]

I recommend the two lights and the optivisor route. I used to use a maglamp but found it hard judging distances between the brush and the mini because looking through a single lens with two eyes means you loose some of your depth of field. When I switched to the optivisor I was much better off.

 

[Sturm Grenadier]

Hello Taff, I also would recommend using an OptiVisor. If you go with a mag light, your stuck with its magnification. An OptiVisor has different power lenses to better fit your needs. Regards, SG

 

[housecarl]

Bargain here Taff.
I don't know what it's like.
Carl.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Id say it depends upon how you like to work. Many relies on the magnifiers lamps or Optivisors.

I dont like them. So I use ordinary Ikea desktopslamps on which I add a 8cm thick black cardboard strip to avoid having a glare in my eyes. If you see the lightsource you get the light in your eyes which is not improving.

More important is the lightsource colourspectre. When building I use a a Osram Duluxe Longlife 23W/840. Its a Compact Fluorecent Lamp and 23W is about equal to 100W of the old type.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_fluorescent_lamp

Same type goes for painting but I have another temperaturecode for that one. Namely 960 which provide a lightly tinted blue warm daylight type of colour.

This I combine with cheap readingglasses when needed. About +1.00 works for me.

Cheers
Janne Nilsson

 

[billyturnip]

Bargain here Taff.
I don't know what it's like.
Carl.

That's the same as I use, as I said in an earlier post the light is useless but the lenses are good.

Roger.