Agfa Film Lupe X8 (Need A Larger Field Of View)

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oih82w8 Pillar of the Community United States 7840 Posts	Posted 10/07/2011 11:47 am I have been using an AGFA Film Lupe (below images) to photograph my coins for years, and have gotten pretty good results with outside light. However, the film Lupe that I have is too small for anything larger than nickels (quarters and up I have to "free-hand" it, and I am getting kinda shaky in my age). Does anyone know if there is a larger field (diameter) of view Film Lupe available for my larger coins? Or is there a base/collar that I could put it on to elevate it a skosh (smidgen) and maintain it's stability? Edited by oih82w8 10/07/2011 12:53 pm Report this Post to the Staff

rmpsrpms Pillar of the Community United States 4038 Posts	Posted 10/07/2011 12:35 pm The problem is the high magnification more than the small size. There are some decent looking lower-mag stand magnifiers that even have built-in lights that MIGHT be what you are looking for. Something like this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Button-Bett...em4cfa8885e5 Or this one without lights: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Aspheric-St...em415e0009a1 These might be able to image an entire dollar, but you will have to experiment... Contact me for photographic equipment or visit my home page at: http://macrocoins.com Edited by rmpsrpms 10/07/2011 12:40 pm Report this Post to the Staff
oih82w8 Pillar of the Community United States 7840 Posts	Posted 10/07/2011 12:42 pm Thanks rmpsrpms, I will have to look into this one when I get to the house...eBay is a no-no at work. Do you happen to have the part number? I could google it (images). Edited by oih82w8 10/07/2011 12:43 pm Report this Post to the Staff
rmpsrpms Pillar of the Community United States 4038 Posts	Posted 10/07/2011 12:48 pm No part number (Chinese product) but here is the picture of it: Of course when they say "4X" it might actually be 2X and won't magnify the coin enough. You'll need to do some searching to see what is best but something like this, especially with the built-in lighting, may work well for your purposes. Contact me for photographic equipment or visit my home page at: http://macrocoins.com Edited by rmpsrpms 10/07/2011 12:51 pm Report this Post to the Staff
oih82w8 Pillar of the Community United States 7840 Posts	Posted 10/07/2011 12:52 pm I am afraid that the above product would not work...I place my digital camera (Digimax Cyber 530) directly on the AGFA lupe for stability and take the pictures like the Jefferson above. I may need some sort of Plexiglas base to raise the lupe up a bit to get a larger field of view, or a lower magnification/ larger diameter lupe. Thanks anyway! Edited by oih82w8 10/07/2011 1:15 pm Report this Post to the Staff
rmpsrpms Pillar of the Community United States 4038 Posts	Posted 10/07/2011 1:17 pm OK, makes sense. I looked up 4X photography lupes and there are some available like this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Canon-4x-Ma...em5ae110baa0 and this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/SILVESTRI-4...em4a9bf6b599 but they are VERY expensive. I've seen Bausch & Lomb stand magnifiers, with a small tripod stand, that might work. Sometimes they go cheap but would give you the stability you're looking for as well as large field of view and adjustable focus distance from coin to lens (they screw in and out). Do Google image search for "Bausch and Lomb tripod magnifier" and you'll see what I'm talking about...Ray Contact me for photographic equipment or visit my home page at: http://macrocoins.com Edited by rmpsrpms 10/07/2011 1:19 pm Report this Post to the Staff
oih82w8 Pillar of the Community United States 7840 Posts	Posted 10/07/2011 3:29 pm Yep, I have one of those adjustable height tripod magnifiers as well (probably not B&L)...somewhere, thanks for the reminder! Edited by oih82w8 10/07/2011 3:30 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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