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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ordinary Fool, post: 2785592, member: 85318&quot;]Here is where I believe your technique is hurting you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not the best loupe in the world but not a bad one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Much more capable than you&#039;ve managed.</p><p><br /></p><p>The trick is to center your camera lens on the imaginary line that we&#039;ll call the pupil exit. Square off and on that center line should eliminate all that distortion from being out of kilter. Brace your loupe holding hand and your cellphone too. Use voice control to snap the pix. Get an app if your camera won&#039;t do voice &quot;shutter&quot; control native.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, if you set your camera to zoom in slightly, you&#039;ll find it easier to stay in the sweet spot and get a wider field away from the edges which distort even on the best glass.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one I just snapped with a cheap 7 buck knockoff of a hastings triplet. It is only decent, but, the difference between it and a 100 buck zeiss is huge.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]645582[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Big difference, huh?</p><p>Just an old touchscreen phone (obsolete by a few years) and a cheap 10X triplet.</p><p>I even used the camera flash...... just so you know. Not bad, huh?</p><p><br /></p><p>So try again???[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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