Gazza2001au Posted March 29, 2017 Report Share Posted March 29, 2017 Bought my first loupe thought i would get the best one and it is incredibly difficult to use, i got the 60x 100x with focus and zoom plus LED and UV lights how on earth do u manage to use one of these? mine clips onto a phone i managed one shot and it had to be touching the leaf i wanna know how to do side on shots 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nici Posted March 29, 2017 Report Share Posted March 29, 2017 Im a bit old school, I have a handheld 10x that works fine for trich viewing. Not sure about the ones that connect to your phone camera, perhaps turn off auto focus on the camera settings? I know that if I turn the auto focus off on my Olympus OMD the macro is much easier to work with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza2001au Posted March 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2017 I might actually try that, i sort of got it working but its very finicky and i'm all over the place with it i think cutting a leaf off than testing it might be easier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hydrochronic Posted March 29, 2017 Report Share Posted March 29, 2017 The one I have is 60-100x too and you basically have to jam it into the bud and even then it's hard to focus, easiest to cut something off and look at it at the table. For the 30-40x it's quite easy to look at it on the plant though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza2001au Posted March 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2017 Thanks hydro i was thinking of buying the cheaper $5 ones, the one u explained is how mine works u need to be really close if not touching the leaf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Bootlace Posted March 30, 2017 Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 mines hand held, on ebay $3 or something posted. small metal thing.its OK, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billygoat Posted March 30, 2017 Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 I had one of those for my old phone, didn't have lights though. I also found it had to touch the plant, but it was because the lenses was slightly recessed. I then used the phone zoom to find the sweet spot. With practise it got easier. Pics were the hardest thing, you see it great on screen, but when you squeeze the photo button it moves the camera ever so slightly and you end up with shit, blurry pics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Puff_Tough_ Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 (edited) you can hardly distinguish if tghe trichs are clear, smokey or turning golden/amber or their bulbous nature without anything that is atleast 150x. Isnt that the point? Edited March 31, 2017 by _Puff_Tough_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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