| BelOMO 10x Triplet Loupe Folding Magnifier | 
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| List Price: $34.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 7 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1428
Category: Home Improvement
Publisher: BelOMA
Studio: BelOMA
Brand: Amateur Geologist
Label: BelOMA
Media: Misc.
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 1.5 x 1.4 x 1.3
MPN: LPZ-10
Model: LPZ-10
EAN: 4810657010712
ASIN: B0002OVC9W
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| 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 |
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Product Description
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.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
Excellent value for a Hastings Triplet Magnifier July 4, 2008
This is a superb Hastings Triplet Magnifier. For those of you who are familiar with high quality hand held magnifiers, then you know that a Hastings Triplet lens is the best type. Certainly it is much better than a single lens magnifier, a doublet lens magnifier or a Coddington magnifier. This BelOMO 10 power magnifier has achromatic (i.e., color corrected) optical glass triple lenses for minimal distortion. It is especially well constructed. The lens swivels back into its protective metal shell when not in use. The lens has a generously wide 19mm field of view. It is great for examining up close such specimens as diamonds, gems, precious coins, stamps, rocks, minute parts etc. Stop using cheap, low quality magnifiers. Move up in quality. Show your expertise by using the best instrument. This Hastings Triplet 10x magnifier will allow you to do see in much better detail than ever before at an affordable price.
Be sure to shop around for the best price. This same instrument can be purchased as low as around $30 from BelOMO 10x Triplet Loupe Magnifier with attached www.AmateurGeologist.com Logo Lanyard. It comes with a handy neck lanyard with quick detach buckle for field work. This way, you will not lose your favorite magnifier.
Don't pay full retail suggested price of $49.99.
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Hard to beat as a "walk around" magnifier April 4, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Compared to the 20x loupes, the BelOMO is sharper, sharper at the edges, and easier to navigate and focus. Compared to other loupes I've used, like the best 7x loupe I've found, the BelOMO is obviously better optically, very high wow factor. In other words, my usual experience is that one typically sacrifices some aspect of optical quality to get more magnification. The BelOMO delivers increased magnification while improving most aspects of optical quality. Although the viewable area decreases proportionately at 10x, because of the higher image quality at the edges, the "subjective" viewable area appears to be about the same as my 7x.
Almost perfect! But shop for a better price. March 25, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This really is the premiere 10x loupe for hobbyists and amateurs of all sorts, and many professionals as well. It is sturdy and the glass is clear and of a generous size. The price can't be beat either. Fortunately for us, the BelOMO seems to be available pretty regularly, from a number of sellers, which hasn't always been the case.
In my case, I think I purchased four of them at one point, and mine has since been misplaced but my kind hubby loaned me his. I have several other loupes but this one is just my favorite. It was not so long ago that these lenses could be found for $15 apiece... shop around and you should be able to find them for $20 - 25 -- do Not pay $50 unless you have a special fondness for the supplier(!) Note that the BelOMO also comes as a 7x, so be sure to look for the 10x as you are shopping.
My only complaint about this lens is that there isn't a good spot to attach a clip or lanyard. You can clip or tie some things onto a bar opposite the swing-hinge, but nothing very thick or the lens won't close.
If you haven't used a loupe before, you generally hold it very close to your eye, and then hold the object (mineral, gem, dead insect, whatever) very close to the lens, and focus by moving it closer or farther away. Good luck!
as described February 29, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The past reviews give a clear description of what the product is.
The loupe is powder coated metal with a large viewing area, has nice
clarity and feels pretty heavy and solid.
happy customer December 5, 2006
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I am a aircraft maintenance inspector and what I like about this loupe is
the large viewing area. I have used other inspection loupes but I prefer
this one.
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