Micro Soldering Microscopes

Re:Micro Soldering Microscopes by dbrgn on Sunday January 28, 2018 @08:34AM (#16251231)

For hobbyists that don't use the microscope every day and don't need stereo optics, I can warmly recommend the Andonstar ADSM201 (around 160$ from China). Look on Youtube for reviews, the image quality is great and it can be connected directly to a HDMI screen!

Edit: There's also a guy on Ebay selling polarized lenses for it to get rid of reflections.

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Re:Micro Soldering Microscopes by lmilcin on Sunday January 28, 2018 @09:57AM (#16251515)

ADSM201 is nice but don't buy it! Buy ADSM302 instead ($299 from AliExpress). It is recent addition and leaps and bounds better than ADSM201.

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Re:Micro Soldering Microscopes by dbrgn on Thursday February 01, 2018 @07:31AM (#16281378)

Looks really nice, but it's also double the price. For me, the upgrade from the Andonstar A1 (40$) to the ADSM201 (160$) was definitely worth it, optical quality is massively better. But from ADSM201 (160$) to ADSM302 (300$), I'm not sure.

Also, from 300$ it's not that much more that you'd need to pay for a proper stereo microscope.

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