Man, It's Rough Getting Old... And Michel Isn't Helping Matters Any.

I just took delivery of the most recent Michel Germany Specialized Vol. 1 & 2 in English, and they are wonderful references... or they would be if I could actually read them.

For those that complain about the size of the text in Scott catalogues, they ain't got nothing on Michel. The text is the size of text on the back of medicine/vitamin bottles or in ingredients panels.

It's so tiny I can't read it even with my reading glasses on. I need to add additional magnification. No such problems with the Scott catalogues.

Seriously, this is way too damned tiny, especially when you consider that it is most likely to be used by an aging demographic.

I may need to purchase the ebook version just to be able to actually use it. There's $220 shot to heck.

Ugh, come on publishers!

revcollector,

I can help you out. Shoot me your e-mail address. I'm at postmaster -at- the name of my website.

Email sent. Much appreciated.

Pick up a cheap large size 3x glass to read it with.

I guess the quality inspectors at Michel all have good eyesight.

With the volume of information that is now in specialized catalogs in general, they definitely run into some real problems of when to break off into another volume, vs cost trade-offs of doing so.

Julius, I believe you are misunderstanding txstamp's meaning.

Time to go to the Dollar Store and buy the next strongest reading glass for $1.00

Txtstamp, owh I see. I'll remove my comment

-Julius

revenuecollector


I look on it as a privilege as the only alternative is MUCH worse.

AQ

Since one can be working for a long stretch with a catalog, I suggest getting an OptiVisor and an appropriate lens for it, keeping in mind the highest magnification has most people with their nose right against whatever they're trying to look at. Start with the "stock"/included lens and maybe go to the next power. It lets you wear normal glasses, it's comfortable and fairly light, so much so you might flip it up out the way to do other things and walk out of the house wearing it (guilty). There are many knockoffs now, but the ones I tried years ago weren't comfortable or didn't have quality lenses. YMMV today.

Second is that more light is helpful as you age. Room light may not cut it for reading anymore; I'm sure you'll agree that outside daylight is the best, which is clearly many times more intense than being inside at night with the lights on. And you probably already have a reading lamp or light by the stamp desk or chair. Get another one. I like Ott-Lites for the light color and the compact size, but still have old halogen bulb lamps; the latter are strong but harsh. So you'll have to experiment with desk lighting. 2-3 desktop lamps may seem silly in addition to room light, but might be what's needed.

Totally agree about sunlight spectrum. I use a "Lights of America" desktop swivel lamp. Cheap. Great visibility. One is enough.

I still need cheaters to read anything, indoors or outdoors. I suppose the larger the text the more pages to print and bind.