Which sensor is hiding inside the NorthridgeFix Camera v2.3? 

Very well put together. Thanks for the info!

You deserve more subs, great content! Just subbed👍

Thank you for sharing the information. great video

Good information, thank you. I don't like unboxing much, so I skipped the first part, but the information in the second half is excellent.

A most interesting video. Thanks for sharing.

Really appreciate your presentation, Technology is evolving 🌟🤖

Your video has helped me greatly. I needed a camera similar to northridgefix for myself. I have some decent soldering and electronic repair skills but i only fix my own stuff and i don't make money on my hobby so i can't pay those elevated prices that Northridgefix charges. I got myself one of the equivalent cameras for less than 200 and am blown away. I know Northridge is over charging big time for his cameras. Thanks to your videos and expertise i found something very close for a fraction of the price. Your breakdown and take apart videos are very appreciated. Thank you.

I guessed a long time ago that the sensor in his microscope is imx385 so that is what we use. good work!

Nice content keep it up 🙏

I didn't get the exact camera you linked from Lapsun. I chose the one with autofocus. Actually, the kit which has the heavy duty articulating arm. It came in at about $670 USD including tax and shipping. I think you are 100% correct that the camera you got is the same one NF is selling. Regarding the autofocus, I like it, but you have to switch to manual after initially focusing on your work, otherwise it will try to refocus on your hand or iron. Still, it makes it easier to use. Camera also works with a wireless mouse. I just happened to have a cheap Logitech mouse I wasn't using. I decided to try it, and it just works. It's nice because I'm right handed, but I have the camera mounted on the left. The wire from the included mouse was just always in the way. The ring light and the camera come with separate power adapters, but both can easily work with the one for the camera. The only thing needed is a 5.5mm x 2.1mm Y adapter, and one polarity reversing cable because the ring light has reversed polarity. Could also just open it up and swap the wires. I also got a short extension cable with an inline switch. There were two 3mm threaded holes on the front of the camera, so I opened the switch, drilled two holes, and mounted it there. Click the switch and the camera and ring light turn on, and the monitor comes on automatically when it detects a signal. I've been doing repair work for years, and this is my first camera microscope. My eyes aren't what they used to be. It is so much easier being able to see while I'm soldering, as opposed to doing it blind and using my phone camera to zoom in and inspect my work.

Thank you for sharing the information. It would have been so much more interesting had you actually compared the 2 cameras (Northidge & Lapsun) on actual SMD samples using the same monitor.

No surprise there, but like anything else, the fact that ge tests and request to the manufacturer certain specs, does add up. Thank you for your video, learned a couple of new and interesting things.

great vid thanks

Keep it up 👍

The bridge buy just buys the stuff from ali, doubles the price, prints his logo and voila= his own product!🤣 In that case I want to THANK YOU, Morten, for your work, and now normal people can buy qualitative product and not to spend the fortune on it! I'm serious, Thanks!)

thank You much! same with the grinding pen you can find same one for half the price

Does anyone know what brand is the "Premium Desolder Braid Wick " Northridgefix is selling ? Works awesome and I have not been able to find it elsewhere

The imx385 is a CMOS sensor, not CCD. The price of these small average specced sensors in china is in range of $10 to $20. The sensor is nothing fancy.. I do design cameras (much more advanced than this) and I can tell you that all these microscope or astro heads (which some uses ripped off DSLR sensors) are rather overpriced - if that was a point of the video. The whole system is at the tech level of a $100 compact camera.

That is a Hiroshima of a price tag.

Thank you for the teardown. I actually went digging on Ali some time ago for the "source" of the camera and came to the same conclusion, that the Lapsun seems to be identical. Are you planning to buy the Lapsun for comparison, or should I order it so we can do some comparison? I'm in Denmark as well :)

What connector pins were you connecting to on the device with, to get in those tiny holes? Surely not the hook type grabbers? Couldn't see close enough on the video. I have a camera that has similar tiny holes, and I have hook style grabber pins or the nipper style grabbers, but can't see how either of those would work, so curious what how those are actually connected to the UART on the device.

Looks pretty good... Wayyy out of my price range though.

A concern I have is, regardless of actual sensor, couldn't you simply edit file to spit out any sensor brand you desired? It might state certain number but without actually looking at sensor, how would one know?

Lapsun who’s the supplier for NRF I assume learned their lesson scamming everyone on the fake IMX290 microscope cameras. That is why the PCB doesn’t have the 385 marking to show what sensor it is. They will do what they did in the older cameras eventually and change the sensor without telling anyone. That’s why NorthRidgeFix’s old model claimed to be IMX290 yet when you opened it up there was the far less cheaper less superior IMX307 sensor. NRF never actually sold the IMX290 sensor and when I tried to tell them about this they just ignored me.

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Thanks for very useful video but need to ask are IMX290 Better than IMX385?

Could you provide the regulator U12 chip name just below the 12V and inductor please? I seem to have blown up voltage input and need to replace this part but cannot read my damaged one.

Very interesting and thank you for sharing. I wonder how do you go about adding a foot pedal with the imx290. I had connected same as you to read the information ages ago. This is as far as I got to. A guy have done the foot pedal but they do not show the full step. I would like to do on mine as it is annoying every time, have to grab the mouse to change auto focus to manual. The guy who did followed the work of charliex with ekins imx290 can be found on google.

Great video, my friend! I ve buy that IMX385 and I have some doubt about sensor too. But Inside looks like mine totaly. would You give me location of GNG and TX on J3 Header, please ! Cheers from Bulgaria !!!!

Tak !

Who has experience with hayear hy 5299 or hy 6210 camera? Are they good?

How did you connect to the camera to see the boot info? via wires connect to the board directly or using the usb A jack on the camera?

hi there... how is this NF microscope based on IMX385 compared to the Lapsun 4K microscope imx 334 that you reviewed 1 year ago?

3.75 micrometer pixels are good of course, but that thing is only capable of 1080p at 30fps. My 100 bucks hayear can do 60 fps at that resolution and 4K at 30fps. I think IMX334 is more advanced than IMX385?? Sony has funky numbering system. I reviewed HY-6110, tear down and review. Looking at this, I think that camera is more advanced, lul. Whatever's the case, I don't think using digital microscope is neither viable nor compofortable.

İmx385 is around 75bucks FYI im sure manufacturer has lower prices

Did you notice Lapsun also has a IMX385 with autofocus for $525.00, isn't the Northridge Fix v2.3 autofocus also? Please confirm what you actually have.

this version he is selling does not even have the autofocus feature...

Hmm. Seems like a nice camera but not sure it’s worth that much money.

i would not blame north ridge fix for the price. they are also buying it from china and they are importing it paying the shipping paying the duty and then they are keeping it in a warehouse then they are selling it and they are shipping it + paying taxes and all of that adds up. even after all of that if they don't turn a 30-50% profit on each product then there is no point in doing that business. aliexpres is shipping to you directly from china so they would obviously be cheaper .

I mean if i sell something i have the choice to set the price to make profit as i see it nothing wrong with it :) this is what bussiness is.

This must be a joke camera for $695.00 for 2MP imx385, normal camera is IMX226 12MP sensor one, lens will cost ~600USD more, if you want chinese camera then lens ~70USD camera ~200USD

Really don't see the harm in what Alex is doing... The folks that don't have enough money to buy his products will spend time to find out hos Chinese sources to get them at a discount.... The fella takes on all responsibility and offers service and advice that the Chinese doesn't... He also lives in California a communist shit whole and his taxed to hell and his bills will be high due to all orther businesses having to account for such crazy tax laws... The fella has to be one of the best repair specialists on RU-vid offering his knowledge to everyone... The amount of repair shops that have gotten better at soldering due to his videos will be crazy. Accounting for expenses his profits per sale isn't anywhere near as good as half the folks think i know because ive sold many hundreds of thousands of pounds worth on ebay shops and websites for different kinds of products... I have no doubt that alex has made me 1000x over what ive paid him for equipment. Do i wish it was a bit cheaper sure i think he should move to texus or something so he can lower his prices a little and still keep the same profit margins... But maybe he loves California who knows... Id imagine his making a happy amount after expensives on products his making so much profit because his videos are good and people think i don't need to spend every night for the next 2 weeks looking into microscopes when i can just order from his site. Bla bla bla your a brokie

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Dodgy price camera. 😅🤑

If it's too expensive, don't buy it. End of story.

It’s fair price if its does the job.

build quality on this camera is a bad joke! usb, hdmi connector, not on of them is secured, with a screw or something! if you put smthing in, you stressing the pins on the board what a overpriced garbage

Nice explanation! Don't know if any PCB services are needed for your upcoming content, if so, would love to sponsor and achieve any coopeation together! (PCBWay Daisy) 😆

I agree that the camera is overpriced. Clearly, they marked up it up a lot to fill their pockets.