| | |  | Lighting Accessories | Home » » » » Carson Optical MagniSheet Fresnel Magnifier | | | | | | | Description: | | The Carson MagniSheet is a full page fresnel magnifier within a black bordered frame. This 2x power full size page magnifier (10.75”x8.25” flat) is perfect for enlarging the view of any large area with small, fine print. | | | Features: | |
• Fresnel Magnifier
• Black frame
• 2x power magnification
• Great for reading small print
• Covers an area of 10.75 x 8.25
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 0.02 inches | | Product Width:
| 8.6 inches | | Product Height:
| 14.25 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.1 pounds | | Package Length:
| 13.4 inches | | Package Width:
| 9.8 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.1 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.05 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 19 reviews |
| | | | Customer Reviews: | |
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119 of 121 found the following review helpful:
Not glassOct 17, 2005
By **L**
"I"
The product description fails to say that this is not made of glass. We ordered this, and was surprised to see a plastic sheet kinda magnifier(kinda like laminated paper). It requires to be held at 4 inches from whatever you need to read. Because, it's not glass, it tends to bend a lot and hence distorts parts of the text...I think, it is a waste of time!
122 of 125 found the following review helpful:
Page Size MagnifierSep 30, 2005
By S. Moon
The description of this product did not indicate that you have to hold the magnifier 4" away from the page. Had I known this, I would not have purchased it. I need to have my hands free to type.
I think this information should be included in the item's description
45 of 46 found the following review helpful:
 Not good for reading.Jun 19, 2007
By MDS
"Spiraleyes"
I grabbed this fresnel lens because my mom's magnifier is too small for reading. The distortion from flexibility and height/angle required aren't useful to her. Rather than sending it back I proved to my family that peter pan lives inside me. This device is good for directing a large spread of sun light into a focused point that gets so hot that the cast off light is blinding. I burned some weeds in the yard for a half hour or so. Then I tried making it into a diopter lens for macro photography it sort of worked but I will need a far better lens to get something like this to work.
Anyhow, I don't recommend this be purchased for reading. If you are a pyromaniac, geek, or have another need for the lens - more power to ya.
14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Too flimsy to be usefulNov 14, 2007
By J. Howard
It flops, it bends, it distorts whatever you try to read. It was a waste of time and money for my mother.
55 of 68 found the following review helpful:
 Not Glass for a reasonNov 09, 2005
By Jerry Rice
"Jer"
This is a plasic frenel lens. One side has grooves that if you look sidewise on, or edge-on, you will see a sawtooth curve radiating from the center. To create a 3X convex lens this size in glass would weigh a number of pounds. Wash with lots of soap, and air dry. Easy to scratch. This was invented for stage arc spotlights, due to exploding convex glass lenses. Audiences were showered in glass shards.
Advantage--light weight, flat[may be carried in book being read], wont shatter.
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