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Hi, I am planning to order this brand over Relife or others like sunshine. May you tell if the scope was worth for you? I am going to work with Iphones. One year from the line now.... times flies.

U have to use 1/3 or 0.35 adapter between camera and microscope to match the view ... there is a lot of auto focus cameras

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The 0.35x is pretty much spot on 1:1 to match eyepieces with the camera image.

I had the same problem with the rubber Eyepiece Covers, my eyelashs are too long and touching the lense of the eyepieces, very annoying. I 3D printed some extensions to get more distance, works perfect. www.thingiverse.com/thing:3965046 :-)

@@phibel9303 Thanks for sharing. I get the best field of view if I look slightly further away from the rubber eye covers. Just ordered a bigger pair, I hope these will be spot on. www.aliexpress.com/item/4000064115420.html?gps-id=7590465&scm=1007.14677.110221.0&scm_id=1007.14677.110221.0&scm-url=1007.14677.110221.0&pvid=d3d5b841-9fcc-49ea-8865-b8a6337b2b5a&spm=a2g1y.promotion-20181111.promoteWysiwyg_495474570.2

@@MrTon4eff Thanks for sharing the link! :-)

Hi, at one year from the line since you got your Microscope, may you share how are doing with it, I need one to start repairing cellphones. May you share. Eakins has good prices on ALI.

I know this is old, but having a bad neck injury myself, and having spent several years staring into this scope (the "identical" AmScope) - thought I could chip in. I'm not near the microscope atm so I can't give explicit measurements. But for me, the angle on the scope/ports themselves are ok. But the trick to reasonable ergonomics while working through this scope, in my experience, is not in the scope itself. But rather, having it on a motorized adjustable "standing desk". This enables reasonable back and neck posture, without hunching. Your arms come up a little bit more, but if you're doing soldering, especially microsoldering, then you _really_ should be resting your whole forearm from elbow to the side of your palms, on the table anyway; the only things moving to navigate the soldering iron/hot air handle/tweezers, being your fingers. Doing this so the larger muscles in your arms and shoulders are at rest, preventing the small tremors and twitches of those large muscles when under tension, from traveling down your arms and attenuating at your fingertips. For more ideal ergonomics, thinking in longer terms, switching to a good quality C-mount camera microscope and a low latency monitor (if splurging then 120 or 144 hz camera and monitor), is the way to go. Quality lighting is better and cheaper, working room under the scope is much better this way too. Lower weight too, so if you want an articulated arm to easily adjust and move away the scope when not in use, that is tight and stable so the image don't shake - those get cheaper too. Live video feed through USB is useless for working, but over HDMI (or DisplayPort) there's no noticable input lag with computer monitors. There may be more, noticable delay if viewed on a TV (because of image processing), at least one without a good game mode setting. So while dirt cheap 42-48" IPS 4k TVs may be great for schematics, instructions, static images etc - those are not so good for live, working microscope feeds. But there is a significant learning curve though, adapting to different eye-hand coordination and the lack of stereoscopic depth perception. But if you _do_ choose to take it on though, you'll frankly never need worry about the ergonomics of working under the microscope again.

I have the same microscope. The shaking/wobbling comes from the weak base plate, I replaced the original base plate with a 6mm steel plate from my local dealer. Now the microscope is perfectly stable! There are also much more stable microscope stands in the Eakins Aliexpress Store, but the shipping costs for those more stable stands are very high, due to the increased weight. The arm/pipes/joins of the microscope stand are very stable, it is only the thin and light metal of the base plate that leads to this wobbling...

@@phibel9303 Would securing the supplied plate to the bench (harder to rearrange the bench) improve things, the or is the issue the plate-to-pillar joint?

@@michaeltempsch5282 Yes, securing it to the bench works well. I had the same stand for my inspection camera rig and I just used an Irwin Quick-Grip clamp to clamp it down to the side of the bench. No more wobble. The other option is permanent mounting and eliminating the base altogether.

@@phibel9303 Thank you for your reply. If the issue is the base plate then I can easily fix that.

@@michaeltempsch5282 Reinforcing the connection between the pillar and base plate should also be possible to do.

I use obs to record all my videos

@@sdgelectronics And What is OBS?

Sorry, we missed your question... The difference is that one is black and the other one is white. :)

Hi, I am planning to order this brand over Relife or others like sunshine. May you tell if the scope was worth for you? I am going to work with Iphones.

Very smooth on mine. Maybe rotate them a few times to see if it goes away?

​@SDG Electronics its just noisy a but but it's working.thank you.

CR2032 I think

You'll just have to pay VAT probably.

You can find all the information for that on the HMRC site, it’s not too difficult to calculate, remember to lookup the current $ to £ rate from HMRC too. www.gov.uk/goods-sent-from-abroad/tax-and-duty www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-exchange-rates-for-2019-monthly

@rashid khan Yes, the Spain warehouse incurs no risk of additional costs

Mine is being shipped from Spain, so no duty or vat to pay. Quite a long delivery time, even from Spain.

I have the same microscope. I bought a x0.3 barlow lense to get a higher working distance and a straighter seat position. My microscope has an diopter adjustment range of +/- 5dp, depending on the diopter setting, the working distance is between 200mm to 305mm. My eyes have around -6 dioptres and I work always without my glasses. Without glasses I have a working distance between 135mm to 225mm. I use the microscope diopter adjustment to compensated the ~0,75 difference between my eyes and the remaining adjustment possibility to get a comfortable working height. The end of the eyepieces is about ~265mm above the bottom of the barlow lense, it depends of the barlow lense, the x0.5 is a little bit lower than the x0.3 lens.

@@phibel9303 I'm still at THT level with my hobby but have to say the amount of detail on your reply was 11/10. Big thumbs up for the A+++ quality commenting!

@@phibel9303 Thanks very much for the detailed info. Very helpful indeed!

@@ristomatti Thank you! :-) I also have some images which demonstrate the change in field of view with different barlow lenses: imgur.com/gallery/BfsYgEA (Actually I have published all this information on Aliexpress, but the dealer has apparently revised his offer and now old (my) review are missing.)

@@phibel9303 I feel you and I have something in common. An interest to share (potentially) useful information to others we have learned by experience or observation we might not see anyone bringing to out. But at the same time we're still hesitant or feel there's too little time to set up a blog/RU-vid channel of our own. Was my instinct correct? :)

There's no real difference, so go with whichever suits your budget.

Never mind I've made a choice!

Something with a Sony IMX290 or IMX185 or similar is most likely the best choice as it has great low light performance. If that is not a concern, they all seem to work pretty well.

@@sdgelectronics I bought the same microscope (with the boom stand) but using the 0,5 barlow lens with the 0,35 or 0,5 lens (the same you suggested) on the camera I'm not able to focus with both camera and microsope. The zoom is the same but if I get the focus e.g. with the microscope the camera is not on focus and viceversa. Is there some camera adapter you can suggest to consider to get focus on both camera and miscroscope at the same time?

@@digant1973 I have same problem with 0.5 lens ... did you find solution which camera adapter is good ? Iam bought CTV 0.35X focus adjustable C mount adapter .. but dont have same vision on camera and microscope

@@jaaa1976 No, I didn't find any solution. With a 0.35X lens on camera I got (almost) the same zoom with the miscroscpe (mounting a 0,5X Barlow lens). Probably the solution is to use a better camera that allows to adjust the focus (e.g. something with a Sony IMX290). My camera is it.aliexpress.com/item/4000075178237.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.1ec64c4dME48pA.

did you fix this issue

@@ronphilips7182 yes. 0.5x camera adapter and 20x/10 for eye pieces seems to match more or less

@@northwestrepair wow the 20x/10 lenses worked you're a genius

I normally use the Amscope, mainly because it got prime position first!

The 90x version comes with an additional 2x lens which screws into the bottom. I've never used it as it's too much for electronics work. I never go further than 22.5x

The microscope was just on a slight tilt which I neglected to adjust.

The black one has a few tweaks to stop dust getting into the optics

Neither nor. Amscope sources in China, too. Actually Amscope is just a brand of "United Scope LLC" which imports stuff from china

@@FuchsHorst Thank you.

Amscope use better materials and better inspection list

@lordhaven111 AmScope is just a sticker. I found ones without AmScope on it.

@@erhandemir90 There are actually differences, the Amscope has the dioptric adjustment in the eye pieces and I notices some of the cheaper models use cheaper screws.

Cheap plastic and plastic lenses

I have the same microscope. The wobbling is related to the thin aluminium base plate, the top of the plate is only ~1.7mm thick. The arm/pipes/joins of the microscope stand are very stable. I replaced the original base plate with a 6x350x400mm steel plate, which I bought from a local dealer. The Eakins Aliexpress store has more stable stands, but these are quite heavy and the shipping costs to my country were about ~170EUR. It is way cheaper to buy this microscope set and order a heavy base plate locally.

@@microfix6035 nope, the lenses are not made out of plastic. In my work we have Leica and Kern&Sohn microscopes, the Leica has a better edge definition. But a Leica costs at least 10 times as much. The Eakins and Kern&Sohn are comparable - in my opinion. But I am no expert, only a user.

Okay I also use LEICA A60 microscope check my videos if you have time.