Electronic magnifiers have three main advantages over traditional optical magnifiers.  

• Increased magnification levels

Beyond 6x optical becomes too big and with distortion – electronic not limited – can easily have 10 or 15 on handheld devices and over 60x on desktop units.

• Improved contrast

False colors

• Increased field of view

Bigger viewing area without distortion

Another feature on many electronic magnifiers is autofocus.  This eliminates the need to play with the distance between the optical magnifier and the object to get a clear image.  The electronic magnifier does it for you.