Credit-Card Size Fresnel Magnifier

Summary

About 3X magnification. 0.4mm thick, and exactly the size of a credit card.

Comments

OK, it's not the largest size or the most spectacular quality, but it will fit into a credit card wallet - get one so that you always have a magnifier when you go out...get some for your friends.

Technical

Magnification / lens size in mm: About 3X, credit-card-size.

Field of view: vertically, 10 to 12 lines; horizontally, about one newspaper column.

Lens material: plastic

Origin / brand: imported by us from China.

Presentation: it comes in its own clear plastic "credit card holder".

Further information

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