RE: [OM] 50mm as a loupe, what's my magnification?

[Daniel J. Mitchell]

> > If I'm using a 50mm as a loupe, what's my magnification?
> 
> About 4X.

 Possibly this is a dumb question, but does this work with anything other
than slides and a lightbox? It seems like either there's no light getting to
the thing below the lens, so it's dark -- or there's enough light, but then
all I can see is reflections from the back surface of the lens..

 -- dan

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