Hi Rob,
? My PD is 62 as I measured once to get some reading glasses online, so I could use the lenses in an Occulus Rift. I checked out these scopes and they get good reviews. It gives me something to think about. I just know I read that a 0.5 objective lens really makes a big difference on how much (FOV) you can see. And some manufacturers may or may not offer that lens as an option. If I replied twice it is because I didn't see a returned message and I have been replying to all that commented.
Thanks,
Dave
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On 10/31/2019 9:47 PM, Rob via Groups.Io wrote:
Do an EBAY search for Binocular Stereo Microscope
and you will be surprised by the number of solutions you CAN afford.
I have bought them in the past for children and have found that many of the dirt cheap binocular microscopes... $35 .....
have no problem at all being the right magnification and distance for SMD free hand soldering.
The ONLY? "gotcha" I found was that some binocular microscopes have a child sized PUPILLARY DISTANCE (PD) .....? the distance between
your two pupals and no way to adjust that distance.
So shop carefully to learn that distance.
I've been using this one for many years...... they sell now for $87
20X Binocular Stereo Microscope
SKU: SE204-A
and I suspect this is just as good for $53
AMSCOPE 20X Portable Sharp Binocular Stereo Microscope LED PCB Repair Dissecting
There are huge price differences for these microscopes and I don't know about you guys but
so far I have not been disappointed by any of the cheap binocular microscopes.
