If you are an amulet finder, one thing you need is loupe, a small magnifier without attached handle to see small details of an object. In fact, loupe or folding magnifier is used in jewelry work and geology. With quality of loupe, it can be also used with amulet.

Carl Zeiss is a famous company for optical equipment such as microscope, telescope, binocular, camera lens until biomedical equipment. Zeiss is also a popular brand of quality “amulet loupe” among Thai amulet lovers.

Aplanatic Achromatic Lens

Zeiss provides good quality about lens called “Aplanatic-Achromatic” (sometimes abbreviated “Apl.”). This lens by Zeiss is famous around the world because it can reduce spreading of spectrum that make image very clear.

You can test by seeing lightning fluorescent through lens. If it is Aplanatic Achromatic lens, lengths of light are different. Nikon, B&L, Belomo and other brands from China don’t have this quality.


Nikon Tripet 10x Loupe

This version of Nikon brand from Japan is famous with clear-cut image, quality material, good design and good lens.  Outdoor Vision, a reseller shop under Nikon company in Thailand provides authentic loupes with 1-year warrantee.

B&L 10x Tripet Hastings Loupe

B&L (Bausch & Lomb)is a famous company producing lens and microscope. Loupe of this brand has clear-cut image, triple-layered lens (Hastings Triplet) focus 2.5 cm lens diameter 15.8 mm and strong metal cover in classic design.