BelOMO 10x Triplet Loupe Folding Magnifier
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Manufacturer: BelOMABrand: Amateur Geologist
Edition: Office Product
Model: 1001B
Publisher: BelOMA
Studio: BelOMA
Music Label: BelOMA
Product features:
- 10x Magnification Power
- Large 0.65'' (17mm) Viewing Area
- Large 21mm(0.85'') Achromatic Triplet Lens Gathers Light for a Bright, Clear and Color Correct View
- Optical Quality Glass Lenses, each BelOMO loupe is certified just like a camera lens.
- Great for rocks, minerals, jewelery, coins, stamps, part inspection
Description of BelOMO 10x Triplet Loupe Folding Magnifier
The BelOMO 10x21mm(0.85'') Triplet Loupe Magnifier has a viewing area of 0.65" (17mm), much larger than the Bausch & Lomb Hastings Triplet Magnifier (see the image with both loupes for a size comparison). The large 21mm (.85") 3 elements lens making up this achromatic triplet gathers lots of light to provide a bright, clear, and color correct view. The 10x power magnification provides the best magnification to depth of field ratio and is the most poplular power for a handheld magnifier. The housing and cover have a matte black finish for gem grading. Belarusian Optical and Mechanical Association (BelOMA), makers of telescopes, camera lenses, and other optical components manufacuturs these loupes. Highly recommended by the Amateur Geologist. This is the lens we use all the time. Don't let this price fool you. The BelOMO loupe is a FANTASTIC buy. These are optical quality lenses, each one inspected and certified just like a camera lens, that stand on their own against the higher priced competition. BelOMO loupes are assembled using screws rather than rivets which allows them to be adjusted. Every BelOMO loupe shipped by Amateur Geologist is custom treated to prevent the screws from coming loose with usage. Don't be fooled by cheap loupes selling for nearly the same price of MORE! Many don't even tell the manufacturer. Why? Because they're cheap imports from China, Japan, Tawain or elsewhere which typically cost less than a dollar at import. If you don't know the manufacturer how can you know the quality? Is each lens tested and does it include the certification just like a camera lens? The BelOMO does. Triplet means three lenses made of different types of optical glass bonded together and designed that, together, they straighten out the light that comes into the front of the loupe lens so that it's the same when it leaves. Cheap mport triplets are just three identical pieces of glass, not bonded, that distort the image.Tools and Hardware Reviews of BelOMO 10x Triplet Loupe Folding Magnifier
Customer Review: Comparison: BelOMO, Bausch & Lomb, Edmund Optics, and Edmund Scientifics
Summary: 5 Stars
I compared Hastings triplet 10X magnifiers, except where indicated. All of these magnifiers are very good; the sharpness and contrast distinctions are small and somewhat subjective. I used an Edmund Optics resolution card when comparing lenses.
BelOMO: sharpest and lowest contrast. Steel case large and angular; hard on pockets, and irksome on lanyard bumping against chest. Screws had been tightened sloppily, turning up sharp little ridges that probably would chew on pockets; maybe this was done by someone at American Geologist, not BelOMO. The lens cell appears to be plastic, maybe bakelite; perhaps not a problem.
Bausch & Lomb: good sharpness and intermediate contrast. Small, easy to carry. Case looks as thought it could be nickel-plated steel; the fairly rough ground surfaces do not look finished, although that may improve grip. Lens cell plastic. Each magnifier came with a very nice little neoprene-type drawstring bag. (I don't know if bags still are included.)
Edmund Optics: highest contrast. Case polished brass, and lens cell anodized aluminum. Lens and other parts made in Japan and assembled in USA, according to Edmund Optics tech support. Higher in price than BelOMO and Bausch & Lomb. Each Edmund Optics magnifier came with a plastic resolution card displaying fine parallel lines of decreasing sizes, comparable to an eye chart.
The Edmund Optics 7X version is quite large, although attractive; it looks almost like a coffee table item.
Edmund Scientifics: Actually a Bausch & Lomb magnifier in polystyrene box without bag. Both magnifiers and boxes showed microscopic signs of wear, making me wonder whether they were brand-new. Magnifiers did not match web site, which indicated that the cases were brass, and did not mention B&L. I used a magnet to confirm that the cases are steel.
For my own use, I would get either the BelOMO, because of sharpness and width of view; or the Bausch & Lomb, because of size, weight, and relatively rounded exterior. For gifts, I would get the Edmund Optics magnifiers, because they look nice, their brass cases should resist humidity, and they give high contrast, which I suspect is more noticeable to the casual user than is sharpness.
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