I found this magnifying glass so much fun to use. I collect rocks, shells and other objects in nature. It was great to be able to look closer at items while collecting. I did see in the description that items needs to be flat for viewing, I found this to be true if I wanted to take a picture. It was wonderful to have the ability to take a picture and put it in my photos. If I just wanted to inspect a rock or feather, I could manipulate the magnifier so that I could observe the object.I enjoyed so much looking at different piles of sand to see find crystals and the smallest of shells, again hard to get a clear picture. The most useful thing I found that I was not expecting, I got a very fine splinter in my finger, I was able to located it and see the angle that I need to work on getting it out. I could not look at it and pull it out but it did help to see what I need to get it out.The other aspect of this is I wanted to use it to look at my wire wrapping jewelry that I make using items I find. The wrapping sometimes can get twisted and looking at it under a magnifying glass will be helpful to find where the twisting starts so that I can correct it.