To see or not to see, that is the question…

Is it just me or did the print on everything suddenly get smaller in the last few years? I have definitely hit the age where making sure I have my reading glasses with me when I leave the house is as important as having my wallet! Thing is, it’s not just the clarity of the type it’s also the size of it and there are times I need to make it bigger. That’s where a quality magnifying glass becomes indispensable.

Both Carmen and Vic Corrado were photographers in the army and they brought their appreciation for good optics back to Corrado Cutlery with them. Over the years, Corrado’s has sold a variety of optical goods ranging from loupes and reading magnifiers to spotting and astronomical telescopes. Today, I’m pleased to continue in this tradition with a full line of Bausch & Lomb reading and specialty magnifiers.

As our ongoing conversation evolves, I will talk about optical basics and terms – “what’s 2X mean?!” and so on. Just like with good cutlery, optics is a subject that you can go into great detail about and the details can get very technical. However, just like you don’t have to be a metallurgist to understand and choose good cutlery, you don’t have to be an optician to pick an appropriate reading lens…

(to be continued…)