Protected metal mirrors are almost identical to metal mirrors as above. The difference, however, is that a protective layer is deposited on the surface of the mirror. This prevents the reactivity issue described above, and offers some physical resistance against sleeks, scratches and chips.

Induced transmission filters are generally used when one wishes to pass visible light but block or reduce thermal radiation. This is achieved by designing IT filters so that they transmit in the visible region and reject infrared radiation.

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Why is it that magnifying glasses aren’t labeled accurately and that the X doesn’t truly mean twice as big. If I view a quarter which is .75 inch and then view it from the same distance using a 10X lens I’d expect it to be 10 times the size 7.5 inches but it’s closer to 2 inches. What the hell ?

5X and 6X Lenses are the most popular choices for an average user as it offers higher magnification without sacrificing the field of vision (diameter of the lens). On the other hand, a 10X magnifier will reduce the field of vision significantly, but it will give you a closer look at tiny rocks, crystals, minerals, microfossils, etc.

This is great. I’m a carpet cleaner and it’s often hard to spot tiny imperfections in the carpets I clean. A magnifying glass helps so much!

Go to an optometrists office. I bought one for my mother who has macular degeneration. It is ery hood and has a light on it. Well worth the money.

As with our AR range, we offer many different types of HR coatings. We find many of our customers require back-facet coatings that give 90% reflectivity, allowing the output to be monitored from behind. We can also engineer coatings to allow for active characterisation of device performance. As such our standard HR coatings have ≥90% reflectivity.

2) Place the magnifying glass on a piece of white paper and see if the lens adds any color of its own. Then pick it up and examine other objects, specifically objects with more colors.

Buying a brand name magnifier, while not always a guarantee of quality, means you can contact the manufacturer if anything goes wrong. Fancii Optics offer a 100% money back guarantee on all our magnifiers. If you are not satisfied with our product within 60 days of purchase, we will refund you your money back.CLICK TO SHOP RECOMMENDED MAGNIFIERS

On all orders $90USD+ we offer free 2-7 business day standard shipping in the US + CA and 11-20 business day shipping in the UK. Unfortunately we are unable to make deliveries to PO boxes, APO/FPO, or US military bases outside the US.

Ultra low AR coatings are high performance anti-reflection coatings. An area of Helia expertise, our ULAR thin film coatings are characterised by having ≤0.1% of incident light reflected.

Hi, notice on Amazon there are a plethora of magnifying glasses to choose from and very little information about quality of lenses as you point out above. But instead of beauty related products, I am interested in magnifying maps with tiny font or doing close electronics work in a hands-free mode. Do I want a headset or a floor mounted magnifying lens? The search is about! Chas

Notch filters are used when transmission in all but a few bands is desired. Notch filters can be formed so that, for instance, all of the visible spectrum is transmitted except the blue and orange regions.

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We offer multiple forms of anti-reflection thin film coatings. The general coating we define as Anti-Reflection is a thin film deposited on a substrate that brings the reflection from the substrate down from its original value at the desired wavelength. In addition we can engineer coatings that yield lower reflection or cover wider ranges.

A metal mirror is an HR coating formed by depositing a metal. Commonly used metals are silver, aluminium and rhodium. They can be engineered to have peak reflectivity at the wavelength of interest. However, due to the reactivity of the metals they should be used in inert environments.

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I am trying to find a magnifying glass for a friend of mine that has muscular degeneration and is having a hard time reading the newspaper. She probably needs 5X strength. Where can she go to see one or buy one? The zip code is 44512, Youngstown Ohio.

Beware of buying the magnifying jewelers loupe 45x on eBay and the 100x on amazon the 45x is 6.95 and the 100x is over 20 dollars on amazon I ordered both both , and both are the 45x with identical numbers, this needs to be reported.. one co. is mega mail online, another is Pandacub 1990, just wanted to let people know about the scam, Thanks.

High reflective coating

The X (times) factor of a magnifying glass refers to how much it magnifies. An average magnifying glass makes objects look 2 or 3 times bigger, which means it magnifies 2X or 3X. Geologists often like to have 5X to 10X magnification; however, anything higher than 10X is difficult to use in the field because the lenses are too small.

Our HEHR coatings are designed for customers looking for a higher reflectivity than our standard HR coatings. We define our HEHR coatings as having ≥97% reflectivity.

Anti reflection coating

Short-wave pass filters are designed to transmit light with wavelengths lower than a chosen wavelength and block light with a longer wavelength. For example one could design a filter to block visible light and transmit ultra-violet, with the cut off wavelength at 400nm.

Following from protected metal mirrors, enhanced metallic mirrors are metallic mirrors with a dielectric HR coating stacked on top. This gives a broad wavelength performance and protection to the mirror.

We define our broad-band AR coatings as AR coatings as above, but the anti-reflection is not just at one target wavelength. Rather, it is spread across a range of wavelengths ≥100nm wide.

I seek a magnifying glass to supplement my reading glasses but would like to try them out first. Where can I go to see and test before buying? My postal area is PE7 1QW.

Given the same X (times) factor, a larger lens is always better. There are tons of cheap inferior magnifying glasses out there claiming 20X, 30X, and even 45X magnifications, yet they sell for less than $10. These are false claims as any magnifier over 20X magnification will have such a small field of vision that they are no longer considered magnifiers, but rather loupes. Higher quality lenses with high magnifications are also more difficult to produce, consequently they tend to be more expensive.

When one thinks of a magnifying glass, they tend to think of the big Sherlock Holmes type lens. However, in actual use, you want a lightweight, and powerful magnifier that has impeccable optics and is simple to use. Utilizing the best magnifier for demanding jobs like inspecting diamonds and gemstones is essential to their occupation, while hobbyists who collect rocks and minerals just need to buy a decent magnifier that they can afford to lose.

In many coatings, layers of dielectrics are stacked on top of each other. This can cause a step change in the Standing Wave Voltage Ratio (SWVR) of the electric field at the boundary of two layers. If this needs to be avoided, Rugate filters are employed.

It is better to join two 35 or 50mm , 3 or 3.5x magnifying glasses with having thin one or two washers between glasses ro avoid rubbing & using a rivet which has a split at the end & qhich is normally used on baggages. This combination of glasses works fine for reading very small written letters.

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My mom has macular degeneration, and she’s completely blind in her left eye what type of magnifying, reader or glass would be good for her to be able to put words under there and see them. Please advise. Thank you.

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Ultra-mirror coatings are another area of Helia expertise. These extreme performance coatings are classed as having at least 99.99% reflectivity, making them outstanding mirrors for low loss systems.

Hold the lens up next to your eyes while bringing the object close to it - about a few centimeters from your face. The idea is to focus your attention through the magnifying lens, the same way you look through eyeglasses. If you normally wear glasses, you will need to keep them on. A magnifier won't correct for astigmatism as well.

Long-wave pass filters are similar to short-wave pass filters except, as the name suggests, they pass longer wavelengths and block shorter ones.

Our band pass filters transmit light within a certain waveband and reject all other nearby wavelengths. These filters can be either wide band pass, around 100nm wide, or narrow pass which have width ≤10nm.

The view through the magnifying lens should be crystal clear with no internal reflections. Highlights should be sharp and brilliant, with no colored fringes. The lens should be achromatic. A flat object should not look buckled or warped. A magnifier should not be loosely put together.

I have not been able to personally view a selection of handheld glasses because what l need are too expensive for stores here to carry. I am therefore forced to go online. The problem there is to determine if what is offered meets my need. They all different prices from $5.00 to $1500.00. Apparently the greater the magnification the higher the price. So what do l order?

I truly want to see the item at a minimum of five times its actual size, more probably 10 times the actual size because I would not be using a magnifying glass if I didn’t want to look at something really really small. I’m not using this as a reader. I bought a digital microscope but and somewhat unimpressed because I have to be a foot above the coin to be able to see the whole coin so I was hoping to be able to buy a hand magnifier with a 4 to 8 in lens that would give me nice easy clear views

I wear prescription glasses and need magnifying glass with headset to practice calligraphy. Do I wear them over my eyeglasses or without?

Good Morning, I have been trying to find out how to enlarge the field of view on the 5 glass magnifying system but have not received an answer after sending two pictures of the product as requested. Since it was done with your system it does not seem to give me a way of resending them at this time. Ed Shephard.

On Amazon 35mm & 50mm 3x glasses are available. Better to have 2 glasses of same size & put it in one case (cover) after opening original rivett , put two lens together having 2 or three small aluminum washers so glasses may not touch or rub each other & use a long rivett used in a baggage which at end has split part. I did that & works very nice for reading.

I have macular degeneration. Rt. eye is wet, Lt. eye dry. I am looking for a magnifying glass that lets me read letters or documents too small for me to read as it is.