A Nice Cost-Effective Magnifying Lens

[Isotelus2883]

While cleaning out some stuff, I found one of those toy cameras that click between slides. These things are only a few bucks for a twelve-pack, and I probably got it from someone’s birthday party when I was little. The magnifying lens works quite well for the price. Tested it on some crinoid bits with epibionts.

Hederella filiformis on a crinoid bit.

Ascodictyon sp. on a brachiopod fragment.

Bryozoan encrustation on a crinoid stem fragment.

Some more Hederella on a crinoid stem.

Two views of a crinoid holdfast and bryozoan on a Aulocystis jacksoni.

Some more Ascodictyon sp.

A few more crinoid holdfasts on crinoid stems.

A picture of the lens, and the crinoid bits with a nickel for scale.

And lastly, my tiny enrolled meraspid Lonchodomas mcgeheei.

[stats]

Do you have a link?

 

Thanks!

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

[Isotelus2883]

On 6/19/2023 at 11:39 AM, stats said:

Do you have a link?

 

For the lens?

[stats]

On 6/20/2023 at 10:58 AM, Isotelus2883 said:

For the lens?

Yes,

 

Cheers,

Rich

 

[Isotelus2883]

Just unscrew the toy, take the magnifying lens out, and tape it to a phone/iPad camera. 
I could only find them in sets of twelve though.

https://www.amazon.com/ArtCreativity-Childrens-Pretend-Viewfinder-Birthday/dp/B07KB4QZW4