Question about a 30x loupe...
![RW](https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/authoricons/Icon_NFL_Dolphins.jpg)
I bought a 30x loupe to look for RPM, DDs..etc... Looking through it I don't get any more magnification then I do out of a 5x. So to the stupid question we go....does the 30x not indicate a view of 30 times normal, as in 30 times larger? Am I going crazy? Don't answer the second question.
TYIA
![image](https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif)
0
Comments
Sean Reynolds
"Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
smoebody gave me a 6x zeiss and it is hands down better than a 10x B&L
One grades with 3 or 5X, if you are not nearsighted like me. One uses the 10X to look for tampering of the surfaces or evidence of counterfeiting. Beyond that you might use a 15 or 20 to look for glued on mint marks. Anything higher than that is useless at a coin show IMO. I almost never get beyond 10X.
It's kinda like trying to consider holding a microsope to you eye and looking at different coins. Doesn't seem like that would work well.
If you need more than a 16x, get a microscope and use it in combination with a computer.
<< <i>In my experience, anything in the hand stronger than a 16x Hastings is too much. I used to forget what part of the coin I was looking at with a 30x magnifier. Also, this may sound snobbish, but any variety yo ucan't see with a 16x loupe probably isn't collectible in the first place.
Sean Reynolds >>
I agree 100%. 16X is my max hand held glass. 30X and over would be for photography or micro-verification. You need to see more of the coin than a 30X can show you anyway. 5x to 10X (7X is perfect) is all I regularly use, the 16X is rarely used, and then only for verification.
Can I go wrong with a Bausch & Lomb 10x Hastings Triplet?
<< <i>Anyone want a used 30x?
Can I go wrong with a Bausch & Lomb 10x Hastings Triplet? >>
I have one and its an excellant product.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
I agree that if it isn't readily apparent with a 16X, it's not worth the bother.
The Lincoln cent store:
http://www.lincolncent.com
My numismatic art work:
http://www.cdaughtrey.com
USAF veteran, 1986-1996 :: support our troops - the American way.