Terry, I have two digital microscopes for electronics, so here is my 2 cents.
For this type of work, you want to pay more attention to the "work distance". Most of the cheap microscopes require lens-object distance to be less than an inch, which makes it impossible for soldering. I've been using this one for years and am very happy with it. It's $238, a bit over your budget tho. It was $300 when I got it. You can not only do soldering under the scope, but you can also press buttons to take photos/videos directly saved to a microSD card, all without a computer. Super convenient. Andonstar 5 inch Screen 1080P Digital Microscope HDMI Microscope https://www.amazon.com/Andonstar-Digital-Microscope-Soldering-ADSM302/dp/B076XYRCYM My 2nd microscope is dedicated for SMD work, from AmScope. Almost a grand, but worth every penny if you need it. Hope this helps. Aiden Dr. Aiden Fang www.Omnixie.com Every desk deserves an Omnixie clock On Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 4:20:09 PM UTC-7 Terry Bowman wrote: > Digital microscopes came up in the thread "Photoshot from a defective > IN-4 Tube". > > I took a look on Amazon. When I got to the ones with hi-res video displays > my jaw dropped. I had no idea that they existed. > > This is EXACTLY what I need for through-hole work. It brings SMT within > reach but my hands are too unsteady and I really don't want to go down that > road. > > In no particular order... > > My budget is ~$150 > > I don't need to interface with a computer or even save images to an SD > card (although I could probably find a use for the latter feature) > > What would an appropriate magnification range be? I'd like to be able to > see modest areas of a PC board (say a few DIPs across) down to reading the > markings on SMT parts > > A screen resolution of HD (1920 x 1080) on 7" screen would be in the > ballpark > > An actual work area (albeit small) rather than some slide clips > > > That's all I can think of at the moment. Please pile on. > > > Terry Bowman, KA4HJH > "The Mac Doctor" > > https://www.astarcloseup.com/ > > “The book said something astonishing, a very big thought. > It said that the stars were suns, only very far away. > The Sun was a star, but close up.”—Carl Sagan, *Cosmos*, 1980 > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/7e313bd5-85be-46d6-8050-7a746261244bn%40googlegroups.com.
