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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rmpsrpms, post: 2536727, member: 31773&quot;]An alternative to traditional magnifiers/loupes is an enlarging lens. With loupes, the &quot;highest quality&quot; ones are triplets. With enlarging lenses, triplets are the bottom end, and many have 6 elements or more. They are much better corrected for both distortion and color than any loupe. When new, they were much more expensive as well, but many are available used. You can pick up a Nikon 50mm f/2.8 EL-Nikkor for perhaps $25, and it is superior to ANY loupe you can find at any price. The 50mm is roughly equivalent to a 5x loupe. There are many 75mm Anastigmat lenses available on eBay for cheap. Here&#039;s an example:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Accura-75mm-1-3-5-f-3-5-Anastigmat-Lens-No-100616-/222253125264?hash=item33bf518e90:g:C1cAAOSwzJ5XYBgZ" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Accura-75mm-1-3-5-f-3-5-Anastigmat-Lens-No-100616-/222253125264?hash=item33bf518e90:g:C1cAAOSwzJ5XYBgZ" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/Accura-75mm-1-3-5-f-3-5-Anastigmat-Lens-No-100616-/222253125264?hash=item33bf518e90:g:C1cAAOSwzJ5XYBgZ</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This lens will put any loupe you can buy to shame.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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