On Thu, Oct 22, 2020, 12:13 AM gregebert <gregeb...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Has anyone tried surgical glasses ? > I use surgical (dental}) loupes for 90% of my smd work. They are good if you have the right working distance. I could not justify the money for some nice zeiss loupes, so I bought some cheap Chinese ones. The optics are fine, but the plastic on the frames was a bit cheap and cracked after a few months. I frakensteined on some metal bits to fix the frames, and have been using them for over five years. > 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 neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f9f35d2d-5088-4815-b8d3-3595ee45b609n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f9f35d2d-5088-4815-b8d3-3595ee45b609n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAP_hP_TOmaCk8ePyFEy6kTQYip1xZaABGVbQCaAXF2EcSz_xLg%40mail.gmail.com.
