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Message: <blockquote data-quote="txaggie03" data-source="post: 14663979" data-attributes="member: 343809">Any magnification over 2.5 that isnt prismatic lenses will suffer horribly in both the depth of field and field of view departments.I can nearly guarantee that the advice about 'never get 2.5x' was using a cheap set of loupes.  Not all 2.5 loupes are made the same.  If I would have bought the 2.5x models from surgitel or oroscopic or designs for vision I would be preaching the same thing.  I was lucky enough to pick up a pair of 2.5x Heine loupes and I was hooked.  Yes I will get a second pair of higher magnification when I finally get to do more endo, but those will likely be Zeiss's 5x prismatics (unless I can find something better).Glass is very, very different from one piece to the next.  Ask your manufacture if they cast the lenses or grind the lenses from optical grade Schott glass.  The only two manufactures that will do that are Heine and Zeiss.  Zeiss has been in the optics business since 1846.  Heine has been in the optics business since 1946.  You might not want to shell out the coin for the best glass, but you at least owe it to yourself to look through a pair so you know why you got such a 'better deal.'They are one tool of many you'll use as a dentist.  You are never married to a single tool.  And just because you purchase one, doesnt mean you cant switch later, sell it, keep it, toss it, etc.</blockquote>

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