I was a solder monkey for a summer, and did a fair bit of soldering at university. I also have pretty marginal vision and can't even read out of my left eye wit

I was a solder monkey for a summer, and did a fair bit of soldering at university. I also have pretty marginal vision and can't even read out of my left eye without correction. I found that with practice, you don't actually need magnification for SMT soldering. I can solder down to 0603 without magnification. I have also never used fine point irons, since I was taught how to solder SMT using a medium point. Trying to solder individual connections is a waste of time, use flux to direct the flow of solder, and desoldering braid to clean up the excess. Good lighting was my most important tool for good soldering. On the occasions I did use magnification, I found the best tool was the big stand mounted magnifying glasses with a light ring. We had a really fancy one at university that gave you really good stereo vision using some magic.