Very recently, we had a customer in the store who was looking for a high power hand magnifier. Not a problem, as we carry a few models that can get almost as high as hand magnifiers can take a person. But when asked what level of magnification they were looking for, they replied: “30X or […]
One thing even the most pedestrian of telescopes should be able to show you is the rings of Saturn. In fact, given that the rings should become visible at about 12-14x magnification a good selection of Astronomy binoculars should let you view the rings and light pollution barely effects viewing at least the shape of […]
Take a look at the front of any pair of binoculars, refractor telescope, or even most sets of eyeglasses and you might notice that they often have a blue, green, or even purplish tint to them. This is a sign of an Optical Coating.
Optical coatings have vastly improved the quality of optics over the past […]
What is this strange picture you may ask? Well, its an image of the front of our store, projected with a simple lens onto the rear wall of our store. How did we do it? We did it with nothing more than a simple magnifying lens.
In an age where plasma screens, LED, and other electronic […]
