[B-Greek] OT: Magnification Required

Don dblbass at cox.net
Wed Aug 1 23:34:33 EDT 2007


Steve,
Here's a subject in which I am an expert.  I'm a certified optician and 
trained in Low Vision.  I suggest a 2" or 3" magnifying glass.  They are 
generally in the power 4x.

Virtually nobody knows how to use a magnifying glass.  Here's how to do it.
1.  Put the lens against your dominant (reading) eye, just like 
glasses.  Let it touch your face but don't press against it.
2.  Either bring the material to you or move toward it.  DON'T put the 
lens against the material and try to read.  It won't work.

If you need more magnification buy a pair of reading glasses.  NOT the 
strongest they have.  Take your magnifying glass and a copy of the 
material you want to read and start at the lowest powers and read the 
material.  Gradually select the next power until you can read the 
material comfortably.

That should do it.  If not you need to visit your Ophthalmologist and 
privately owned optical shop.

Don Munday



Stephen Baldwin wrote:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Nothing to do with Greek per se but relevant to those of us who pore 
over large books which specialise in smaller and smaller font sizes. As 
middle age advances, I'm in need of optical assistance.
I presume I'm not alone, thus, is there a magnifying glass or somesuch 
that anyone would particularly recommend? Ideally something that is 
page-sized that I could lay on top of, or over a page.
I trawled Amazon for stuff and folks there seemed to be scathing about 
many of the products on offer there.

And I can't afford the "get digital versions of the literature" solution 
(just in case anyone was going to recommend that strategy!)

My apologies to the leadership for the non-greekness of the post...

Rgds

Steve

Stephen Baldwin
stbaldwi at hotmail.com

Stephen Baldwin wrote:
> Ladies and Gentlemen:
> Nothing to do with Greek per se but relevant to those of us who pore 
> over large books which specialise in smaller and smaller font sizes. 
> As middle age advances, I'm in need of optical assistance.
> I presume I'm not alone, thus, is there a magnifying glass or somesuch 
> that anyone would particularly recommend? Ideally something that is 
> page-sized that I could lay on top of, or over a page.
> I trawled Amazon for stuff and folks there seemed to be scathing about 
> many of the products on offer there.
>
> And I can't afford the "get digital versions of the literature" 
> solution (just in case anyone was going to recommend that strategy!)
>
> My apologies to the leadership for the non-greekness of the post...
>
> Rgds
>
> Steve
>
> Stephen Baldwin
> stbaldwi at hotmail.com



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