Magnifying vs Naked Eye

Christoph · May 15, 2005

I was about ready to go on a rant about this subject but you know what they say about teaching a pig to sing.
Lets just leave it at this;I do not look at my lights with a microscope when I describe them for sale.
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PlayboyJoeShmoe · May 15, 2005

Funny. I don't ever wish to sell the ones that other CPF'ers might want!

I very often use an Agfa 8x Lupe to look at coins however.

The_LED_Museum · May 15, 2005

I use a magnifying lens to read the tiny print on product ingredient labels when called upon to do so, but I don't believe I've ever examined a flashlight in the manner suggested - to look for very tiny defects or imperfections prior to sale. Not with a magnifying lens, anyway.

paulr · May 15, 2005

I guess it would depend on what kind of light it was and how it was being described and sold. If it's a collector piece, which would include a fair number of the Arcs, McLux's, etc. being sold here, then yes, I'd expect microscopic scratches would be an issue.

cobb · May 15, 2005

I guess the need for magnifying is based on the length of your arms or the focus of the lens in your eye. I am severly near sided so to see any detail with the naked eye I need the item right next to my eye ball. With my glasses that give me distant vision a magnifier kind of cancels it out so I can see it closer in detail, but they dont help much, so I use a video magnifier.

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