CarsonLumiLoupe Plus 5.5X Power Stand Loupe Magnifier with Dual Lens Focusing System (LO-06)

Does what it is supposed to do.

As a response to Pandemic II, I decided to spend some of the isolation going through my old slides and digitize some, discard others. With over 1500 slides to look at, and most in see-through 20 slide folders, I decided to get a light table and a loupe to speed up the process. The light table allows for immediate viewing of 20 slides, and the loupe allows me to look more closely at individual slides if I have a question about it. For what I want to do this loupe distorts everything except the very center of the viewing area. Other loupes I've used worked better, but in current dollars they cost a good deal more. Moving it around I am able to view all I need to see in the slide, but that slows down the process. On a positive side it seems well assembled, and for this price, usable.

The best loupe I ever get. I work in printing business for 30 years, use many kind of loupe. And I found that this loupe is the best I ever get. I already bought 12 of it.

This would be good for a child looking at bugs.

Quite good for plastic optics. The 6x magnification listed seems to be accurate, unlike many Chinese loupe seller's exaggerated claims. The LumiLoupe Plus series of Carson magnifiers have the advantage of being focusable while many of the other Carson stand magnifiers are fixed focus. Good magnification level for use with the micro print in the two cased volume Unabridged Oxford English Dictionary, the one that includes a rectangular magnifier. I can see the individual LCD pixels on my high resolution Dell LCD monitor with it. Quite large as the clear plastic base is 4.5" in diameter and lets in plenty of light. Works best with the eye as close to the lens as possible for maximum field of view and minimal distortion. In other words designed to be used as a low power loupe rather than a reading magnifying glass. This is true of almost all loupe type magnifiers. For normal book reading type magnification a lower power single lens magnifier or a Fresnel lens type page magnifier might be better unless the higher magnification of this is needed.

I knew that this loupe was larger, but I had no idea how big that it is!! It is like a small cereal or finger bowl! Massive for a magnifier.The lens is clear and a lot of light comes in to a large field of view. I like it a lot. I am not sure about the “focus” ability, though. It does not seem to me to be doing anything by rotating the ring? I have not seen anything out of focus.It seems to be a well made magnifier and hopefully will last a while. I would prefer a glass lens, but it is what it is!

It’s a bit big then needed

i've been working in photo studios and darkrooms since the early 90s, both as a student and professionally, and this is one of the nicest loupes i've ever handled. the elements are gigantic, making it really easy to use without the need to keep it perfectly centered on your pupil. also, the ability to easily focus the loupe makes it useful for objects that are not perfectly, perfectly flat (like single negatives that are slightly U-bent). the large size of the clear base is great as well, and lets in plenty of light for viewing even if you don't have a light table. this is not the classic shot-glass size loupe, it's closer in size to a small teacup.my only gripe is that the lens elements aren't glass, but the ~$11 price tag more than makes up for that. this isn't bleeding-edge high-end equipment but it's definitely worth the money for anyone involved in photography.

Good loupe. Obviously a fairly small field of focus at this magnification (17.5x) but the loupe seems good quality and the adjustable focus ring makes it easier to use. Usefully, this top piece actually screws right off the clear wide base, so you can still look at things where the base might stop one getting in close enough.

I did like the idea of a moveable lens but it didn't work, as the image was difficult to get in focus.The 7x magnification one was a better purchase.

Came next day! so put to use at once.Very well built and optically sharp.The x10 loupe is great but this as the added bonus of being able to adjust the focus, which is great if the item you place it on is not totally flat.Plus you can always use free hand on any given object.10/10

Super clear, fantastic that it's adjustable for focus. It is wider than I had anticipated (my fault for not reading properly) which won't be an issue for looking at negs but might be trickier for looking on the ground glass of a large format camera - not sure it will get into the corners well.

Very compact, great quality, excellent magnification, especially for stamps. Examining larger areas (e.g. photos, engravings, maps etc.) might benefit from less magnification and a wider base.