Re: Microscopes for SMD soldering etc
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With both eyes the same you don't really need to wear the reading glasses, since you can probably just adjust the focus of the microscope. You may still want to though, if you need the glasses for other stuff and don't want to take them off all the time. They make special glasses compatible eyepieces for that (higher focal plane, usually have a glasses symbol or H etched into them). Even if one eye needs a different prescription most microscopes allow you to dial in a spherical correction. I have never seen an eyepiece with cylinder correction, but would very much expect they exist as a specialty item.?
A good quality stereo microscope can offer the same or better vision as the mantis.? It's just more comfortable and efficient to use.?
ST
Hi Stefan,
? That Mantis looks great but way out of my price range. My eyes
are fairly functional but I am far-sighted and use reading
glasses. Both eyes are the same so figure 20-20 but far-sighted.
By the way, can you wear reading glasses when using a microscope
or does the scope take away that problem and you just dial it in?
I did enough research not to want a digital microscope for various
reasons.
Thanks,
Dave
On 10/31/2019 11:13 PM, stefan_trethan
wrote:
I use a Mantis Elite at work every day for
soldering.
It resolves exactly what you mentioned, that the view
disappears, because it has very wide field eyepiece area (you
look into a single "screen").
Of course it costs real money, but I wouldn't want to miss
it.
You definitely want an optical stereo microscope, at least
if both of your eyes are still somewhat functional.
A 2D digital image does not compare for soldering.
ST
Anybody
using a microscope made for soldering? I finally realized I
need
to be able to see better, and I will pay for the needed fix. I
don't
think I want a USB style that has the little monitor/display
but rather
something like these:
Anyone use one? The only con I see often complained about is
if you
don't hold your head just right, the view disappears, kind of
like with
a rifle scope on high power.
Thanks
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