Has anyone tried surgical glasses ? On Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 7:11:00 PM UTC-7 jrehwin 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. > > > There are some good ones out there, but don't buy anything from amazon, > ever. Not only are they evil, but most of their merchandise is > counterfeit. I avoid the bottom feeders like DealExtreme, but there are > good deals to be had from Banggood, eBay, AliExpress, etc. if you keep your > eyes open. There are also some upscale resellers with good return > policies, tech support, etc., but they're probably out of your price range. > > - John > > -- 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/f9f35d2d-5088-4815-b8d3-3595ee45b609n%40googlegroups.com.
