Magnifier, good or bad?

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demonherald

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I\'d say not an attractive look for anyone....
I got one on ebay but never had any luck with it really....I find it a struggle to get the coordination right when using any kind of magnifier ...practise needed I guess. .....
 
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Trevor

Brushlicker and Freak!
All 4 eyed guys should start a competiton to see who paints better without his glasses on
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Well the short sighted guys would beat the long sighted. I reckon being sjort sighted is an advantage for a mini painter...
 
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Modderrhu

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@TBS: We\'re talking about using magnifiers for painting, TBS, painting. Get it? ;)

@spazzy: Now you\'ve gone and ruined my mental image of you... you\'re not like that? ;)

As for this four-eye competition, I\'ll have to sit it out. Aye, I use specs, but being long-sighted in the left, and short-sighted in the right eye is no help.
 
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MClimbin

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I love my Optivisor. It helps me a lot when I\'m doing things that are very fine detail, or even NMM. The magnification helps me get better blending, believe it or not. I don\'t use it all the time, as I start to get headaches if I use it for more than a few hours. But then I rarely have time to paint for more than a few hours.

Wearing it also allows you to test how much your wife/GF/husband/BF loves you. If s/he ever reaches a point where s/he stops pointing at you and laughing every time you wear it, you know you\'ve got someone who truely loves you! lollol
 
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krom1415

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Here\'s the one I use :D

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MODEL-CRAFT-LED-HEADBAND-MAGNIFIER-KIT-WITH-4-LENSES_W0QQitemZ260038306701QQihZ016QQcategoryZ117039QQcmdZViewItem
 
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Javi Metal

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4 Your Eyes Only

Modderrhu, do like me, just wink your way to victory :)

Dragonsreach, those look magnifi-c ! and it\'s nice to know that aren\'t that heavy. Now I\'m wondering the amount of headache those would produce on me everytime I need to focus on other stuff than the mini, like mixing paints, etc... I mean, do you put up and down those or keep on for everything from painting to opening a bottle, etc. ? Both look terrible headache wise.
 
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Dragonsreach

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Originally posted by Javi Metal

Dragonsreach, those look magnifi-c ! and it\'s nice to know that aren\'t that heavy. Now I\'m wondering the amount of headache those would produce on me everytime I need to focus on other stuff than the mini, like mixing paints, etc... I mean, do you put up and down those or keep on for everything from painting to opening a bottle, etc. ? Both look terrible headache wise.
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I take them off every time I\'m changing paint and opening a bottle and don\'t use them for blocking in colour.

I try not to use them for more than an hour or so at a time, just to give my eyes time to adjust, Gives me a chance to have a cup of tea, Pee break, 10 minutes kip, make a fuss of the dog whatever.

Being Plastic they do tend to pick up a lot of Crud on the lenses (Which flip up BTW) an old lens cleaning cloth works nicely on them.
 
The Inquisitor

The Inquisitor

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I have to agree

Originally posted by krom1415
I\'ve just started using an headband magnifier with LED lights, great stuff for the fiddly bits, and not cumbersome at all:D
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I use one of these on occasion to look at very small details, to do very tight work. they are great. I don\'t use the lights, never exactly where I needed to be. I just have very strong lights on my desktop.
 
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