Good stereo microscopes are like binoculars have one fixed eyepiece and one variable focus one.
close the variable focus eye, focus with the fixed one, reverse, but use the eyepiece alone for focus.
should not need to be done more than once.
Harvey
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On 3/17/2025 9:46 PM, Radu Bogdan Dicher via groups.io wrote:
Thank you again all - really thoughtful and comprehensive input.
I may be able to buy a Nikon SMZ645 for $250-300 or so. I wonder what you all think about that opportunity. This would come with what seems to be the C-PS160 stand (I think?...) and some sort of sizable horizontal arm - overall, it seems to be able to reach pretty freely around maybe as much as a quarter or so of my bench. This is by eyeballing pictures I received etc. Ideally, this would have a bit of autonomy around the bench, but maybe I'm asking too much from an optical microscope and should just also have a small digital wifi microscope for other inspections and other examinations,?blasting?what it sees on a large screen. I have duly registered the advice this far to focus on an optical stereo microscope - it's just that I think a small battery powered wifi microscope would add some additional functionality to the bench.
My eyes have a bunch of issues, including the fact that they're very dissimilar left to?right. I can't imagine this not being a "glasses on" type of situation. There'll be a zillion different?lens between my eyes and the subject of magnification!...
Radu.
On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 6:27?PM Steve Hendrix via groups.io <> <SteveHx@...> wrote:
On 2025-03-17 2:59 PM, Radu Bogdan Dicher via groups.io
<> wrote:
> Probably a stupid question, but I know nothing on the "stereo
> microscope" topic - are these working well for people wearing
glasses?
I personally wear bifocals. I take them off when using the
microscope,
to allow my eyes to get close enough to see the full field of
view. It
just shift the optimum focus for me, from what's optimum for my tech.
Not a big issue.
That approach does not, of course compensate for astigmatism, so
if you
have significant astigmatism you might do better with glasses on.
Steve Hendrix
