I rigged up an assistive device.

An electronic magnifier that puts an image from a hand-held mouse-style camera on a (46 inch / 116cm on the diagonal) television screen.

Effective magnification is 20 times.

Magnifiers with small screens at high magnifications show only a small section of text.
My large screen allows multiple words & adjacent lines to be on the screen.
Orientation is easier to maintain.

Pics to come.

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Anyone tried an hdmi industrial camera on a lever-arm stand with a suitable lens as an #ElectronicMagnifier - and the image displayed on a suitable tv / monitor?

I can see everything I want on aliexpress - except for the lens.

Which lens is going to let me view around a A4 / foolscap area?

Most of these setups are being used as microscopes with lenses giving around 150X magnification. Far too much for reading a book.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005217344055.html

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51MP 1080P FHD Digital Microscope 150X C-Mount Lens LED Light HDMI USB Electronic Industrial Camera for Phone Repair Soldering - AliExpress 1420

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Assistance sought.

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#Vision #VisionAids #ImpairedVision #ElectronicMagnifier #Hack #Lenses #Optics #Blind

Have a cheap camera that is in a mouse-like case.
Connects to the VCR input on the 900mm/30" TV monitor.

Lets call it a mouse camera.

Need to change/modify the lens on the camera.

Need the camera to be in focus at twice the current distance. So ~ 80mm rather than 40mm.

Current lense is maybe 2.5mm diametre.

Expert opinions sought.
Ideas from non-experts too. 😁