I have used the little brother of this. Very good for haveing a look, but I find the lack of depth of field tricky when trying to manipulate stuff while viewing with this.
Does the light box for the slides have a plug in the back and LED inside? I havent gotten mine but wondering what plug you use for the light if theres one in there
I don't have this particular model, but for people with less than stellar eyesight, these are a godsend. Tiny smd devices are much easier to work on under one of these. I have connected mine to a 43" TV located at the back of my workbench (normally used with a mac mini for displaying data sheets etc) just for fun. :)
What measurement software comes with it? I use Camera Measure with my primitive camera to measure hole diameter, trace spacing, mechanical component dimensions. Can this be used for measurements? Pretty pictures are nice, but putting numbers to locations is a key use for me. Cheers.
We bought a cheaper one of these (AD409) where I work a few weeks back & we're made up with it. I'm the wrong side of 40 & it's been handy for spotting solder bridges on teeny pitch ICs, identifying stuff & seeing how ruined your end mills & vee cutters are. The panel on the AD409 is 1280x800 (I think) but the sensor is much better, so well worth using the HDMI output & a Hi-res display. Also has very little latency. I've not had much of a chance to play with the software they provide for measurements.
Yeah, ageing eyes are no joke! I was pretty pleased with the latency. I have use other USB mics before where the latency is basically unusable, but this was very nice.
Really cool you were able to get this as a sponsored item! Even hamstrung by UA-cam's compression, that image is really good. Color rendering seems very good, and uniformity (both in brightness and focus) are pretty good for the price point. (US$280 as I write this, before a 20% discount offer.) If you get any other offers for interesting widgets, this subscriber wouldn't mind another review like this one. And thanks for the bonus tip about the CD sled; I've got a stack of unused optical drives I've been looking to do something with. 👍
My eyes arrived at the same state many years ago and I acquired a used stereo microscope which provides a degree of depth perception which is about the only advantage when making a comparison with this scope. Your eyes will thank you for having this tool on hand.
I have a stereo microscope (Badged as Celestron, but I am sure a lot of them come from the same factory!) The depth perception is fantastic on those, real beautiful views to be had. For sure, it will be so nice not having to squint!
The only problem with that style microscope is the base - if you're working on large boards, it's a real PIA to have the base of the microscope to balance the board on. I just bought a new microscope on a boom stand to get away from exactly that problem. Can you turn the base around backwards and put a weight on it, and have the microscope stick out over open desk area to not have to balance big boards on that base? it also looks like the distance from the support pillar to the working area isn't big enough to get big boards under there too. The boom stand is really the way to go. Ah, at 11:20 you said the same thing! I just hadn't gotten there in the video yet.
Very nice indeed! I definitely need this since I'm going blind trying to see which pin is which 😵
I have used the little brother of this. Very good for haveing a look, but I find the lack of depth of field tricky when trying to manipulate stuff while viewing with this.
Does the light box for the slides have a plug in the back and LED inside? I havent gotten mine but wondering what plug you use for the light if theres one in there
I don't have this particular model, but for people with less than stellar eyesight, these are a godsend. Tiny smd devices are much easier to work on under one of these. I have connected mine to a 43" TV located at the back of my workbench (normally used with a mac mini for displaying data sheets etc) just for fun. :)
Nice! Might hang an HDMI monitor on the wall, just because!
NICE content!👍
Looks great still a little rich for me but I will keep this in mind as that huge screen is awesome....cheers.
What measurement software comes with it? I use Camera Measure with my primitive camera to measure hole diameter, trace spacing, mechanical component dimensions. Can this be used for measurements? Pretty pictures are nice, but putting numbers to locations is a key use for me. Cheers.
I add a XY stage to make it easier to move around.
Serious piece of kit there Les. Getting that for free is awesome. Great review 👍
givaway?
Where do I get one, and how much does it cost?
Awesome Video !!!
Great review and lucky you, you got it for free haha.
I have a question, can you record soldering work with audio?
I have not tried, but I always use separate audio recording gear andyway.
We bought a cheaper one of these (AD409) where I work a few weeks back & we're made up with it. I'm the wrong side of 40 & it's been handy for spotting solder bridges on teeny pitch ICs, identifying stuff & seeing how ruined your end mills & vee cutters are. The panel on the AD409 is 1280x800 (I think) but the sensor is much better, so well worth using the HDMI output & a Hi-res display. Also has very little latency. I've not had much of a chance to play with the software they provide for measurements.
Yeah, ageing eyes are no joke! I was pretty pleased with the latency. I have use other USB mics before where the latency is basically unusable, but this was very nice.
Really cool you were able to get this as a sponsored item! Even hamstrung by UA-cam's compression, that image is really good. Color rendering seems very good, and uniformity (both in brightness and focus) are pretty good for the price point. (US$280 as I write this, before a 20% discount offer.) If you get any other offers for interesting widgets, this subscriber wouldn't mind another review like this one. And thanks for the bonus tip about the CD sled; I've got a stack of unused optical drives I've been looking to do something with. 👍
Thanks! It will be so useful for tear-downs and the like, and for the price point not bad at all.
My eyes arrived at the same state many years ago and I acquired a used stereo microscope which provides a degree of depth perception
which is about the only advantage when making a comparison with this scope. Your eyes will thank you for having this tool on hand.
I have a stereo microscope (Badged as Celestron, but I am sure a lot of them come from the same factory!) The depth perception is fantastic on those, real beautiful views to be had.
For sure, it will be so nice not having to squint!
The only problem with that style microscope is the base - if you're working on large boards, it's a real PIA to have the base of the microscope to balance the board on. I just bought a new microscope on a boom stand to get away from exactly that problem. Can you turn the base around backwards and put a weight on it, and have the microscope stick out over open desk area to not have to balance big boards on that base? it also looks like the distance from the support pillar to the working area isn't big enough to get big boards under there too. The boom stand is really the way to go. Ah, at 11:20 you said the same thing! I just hadn't gotten there in the video yet.
Yes, a good heavy swing arm would really make the difference with this kit :-)