On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 03:34 PM, Philip Freidin wrote:
And if you do get a trinocular you will be real
disappointed to discover that when you enable the camera optical path,
you lose the stereo vision path.
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This is not true for all trinocular microscopes, it depends on the model. On mine, both the eyepieces and the camera port are always active at the same time. AmScope calls it "Simul-Focal". I believe you do lose some brightness from that, but I guess that means I just turn up the lighting.
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Unless you are planning to make youtube videos, don't pay extra for a
trinocular microscope.
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The cost of a trinocular head is negligible compared to the cost of the microscope. At most $40 of a $600+ expense. For me, having the flexibility in the future was more important than saving less than $40.
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I did a quick scan of Amazon, and it seems
all the boom arm stereo microscopes are trinocular.
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I recommend buying from a more specialized source, that way you can get exactly what you want, and actually get what you ordered. (For example, on AmScope's site, you can get a binocular boom arm stereo microscope, if that's what you want.)
