Really good video. I have the same Eakins scope but I have the articulating gas strut arm mounted to the wall. That is a game changer since it can be moved almost anywhere over the bench and no vibration from the desk. The Eakins scope really is a pleasure to use coupled with the Eakins 37MP 3700W FHD 1080P camera 0.5x c-mount and 0.5x barlow lens. I've had mine for just over 18 months now and use it all day every working day. If it broke tomorrow I'd buy another hands down.
Hi is it normal to have totally different views, between the camera and what you see through the eyecups of the microscope. I want to be able to record repair videos, but there is such a great difference between views, that if I use the microscope view, the recorded view is nowhere near to the repair site. I have set the focus so both microscope and camera are in focus at the same time. I dont know if I'm doing something wrong, I've tried matching the Barlow lenses, but nothing seems to make any difference, any help would be much appreciated, regards Andy
My camera has small black line at the bottom of the screen. its a straight line from left to right at the very bottom almost as if its by design. You seem to have it too but very tiny compred to mine
Hi there and thanks for the review! :-) I have a question for you if I may, when setting up the camera I realized the camera view is more or less half of what you see in the scope.. and that was a big disappointment. I got the same 0,5X adapter for C-Mount that you have.. can this be changed with a different adapter? I see there is possible to get 1X and 0,35X too.. any of this will solve the problem? Also the eye pieses was pretty bad.. wonder if there is possible to get only 10X eye pieces.. not the 10/20 combination.. From Before I have a Meiji EMZ-5 and the Eakins is so much darker and less clear.. and almost a little yellowish. I have also ordered a Zeiss Stemi 508 Trinocular, but the delivery time is up to 5 months and I have a student coming in a couple of weeks, so I just had to get a trinocular quick.. but if this is the camera view, I´m not sure it´s usable at all.. :-) Hope you found a solution for this.
Literally 2 weeks ago I bought a microscope from them. I got the white one because seller was unable to answer my question about the differences between white models and black one. I'm happy with the purchase anyway, great microscopes. 2 weeks delivery to Ireland and only €23 duty charge.
Hi, I am planning to order this brand over Relife or others like sunshine. May you tell if the scope was worth for you? I am going to work with Iphones.
Hi I've purchased a Eakins trinocular microscope. I already had a C mount camera, and everything works fine. However the image I'm seeing looking down the scope isn't the same as the image shown on either hdmi or usb, directly to computer. If I was showing someone else what I was doing, they wouldn't be seeing what I'm doing. Any help or advice would be much appreciated, regards Andy
Hi, can you tell me in quality build and view how big is the difference between Eakins and Amscope SM745? I believe you bought SM745 for a reason right? Were you not happy with Eakins? Thanks
as a watchmaker hobbiest i'm interested in buying a eakins microscope . i do have a question. tough. The one you are testing is a 3.5 x90 one. What is the diference in working distance with a 7X 45? And is is possible to adapt this 3.5 x 90 into a7X45? And what do i have to order to do so? Another barlow lens if so witch one?
Is there a way to fix the difference in the field view being much much more narrow then what you see through the lenses ? I know i need some kind of adapter, but which one ?
Hi Can anyone please give me the size of the bottom steps i know the main mounting one is 76mm can anyone tell me the sizes other of the other ring diameters, so i can see if it will fit in my other stands, Thanks Dave
Thanks for this one! I recently ordered same microscope. I havent recieved it yet but ofcourse it doesnt come with camera. I was checking out the cameras for microscopes on Ali Xpress. Is there any particular type of Camera and or attachment's made specifically for this scope? Or will any 23.2mm camera fit on the already supplied camera attachment? Also do you have any recommendations on any better camera attachments than the one supplied. Thanks again for the video.
Hi, I am planning to order this brand over Relife or others like sunshine. May you tell if the scope was worth for you? I am going to work with Iphones. One year from the line now.... times flies.
Any build quality and optical quality differences between the black body and white body Eakins microscope reviewed in this video as well as the review in SDG #28? Thanks again.
Thank you for a great review. My only concern with this microscope is if it is wobbly during work because of the single arm boom and stand pipe. I need a microscope for my computer repair shop. I will not be working using microscope more than a few times a week.
I have the same microscope. The shaking/wobbling comes from the weak base plate, I replaced the original base plate with a 6mm steel plate from my local dealer. Now the microscope is perfectly stable! There are also much more stable microscope stands in the Eakins Aliexpress Store, but the shipping costs for those more stable stands are very high, due to the increased weight. The arm/pipes/joins of the microscope stand are very stable, it is only the thin and light metal of the base plate that leads to this wobbling...
@@michaeltempsch5282 Yes, securing it to the bench works well. I had the same stand for my inspection camera rig and I just used an Irwin Quick-Grip clamp to clamp it down to the side of the bench. No more wobble. The other option is permanent mounting and eliminating the base altogether.
I have just purchased this microscope with the 37mp camera. Being my first microscope im unsure if these are issues or not. The image on the camera is not what i see through the eyepieces. Given the camera mount has 0.5x lens on it the camera gives twice the magnification which is a bit annoying when trying to get what your doing in view on camera. I can also not get the image in focus perfectly. The edges of the image begin to blur. is there a diferent camera mount without the 0.5x lens in it?
Got mine today....the 2 focus knobs ate very noisy. Like the mechanism has sand in it..... did you have this as well with yours.. if so...does it go away?
I bought exactly the same from Eakins (head only, I have a stand) two weeks ago and it just arrived today. The view is excellent! The only drawback is that the Eyepiece Cover Guards are little short for my eyes... Now I'm looking for a camera. The question is 0.35X or 0.5X adapter? I suspect that it depends from the camera sensor size?
I had the same problem with the rubber Eyepiece Covers, my eyelashs are too long and touching the lense of the eyepieces, very annoying. I 3D printed some extensions to get more distance, works perfect. www.thingiverse.com/thing:3965046 :-)
@@phib3l Thanks for sharing. I get the best field of view if I look slightly further away from the rubber eye covers. Just ordered a bigger pair, I hope these will be spot on. www.aliexpress.com/item/4000064115420.html?gps-id=7590465&scm=1007.14677.110221.0&scm_id=1007.14677.110221.0&scm-url=1007.14677.110221.0&pvid=d3d5b841-9fcc-49ea-8865-b8a6337b2b5a&spm=a2g1y.promotion-20181111.promoteWysiwyg_495474570.2
Hi, at one year from the line since you got your Microscope, may you share how are doing with it, I need one to start repairing cellphones. May you share. Eakins has good prices on ALI.
The 90x version comes with an additional 2x lens which screws into the bottom. I've never used it as it's too much for electronics work. I never go further than 22.5x
You can find all the information for that on the HMRC site, it’s not too difficult to calculate, remember to lookup the current $ to £ rate from HMRC too. www.gov.uk/goods-sent-from-abroad/tax-and-duty www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-exchange-rates-for-2019-monthly
Great video ! Quick question what is the approximate distance from the centre of the objective lens to the eye cups ? (i.e. the distance the user can be sat back from the item being viewed). The reason I am asking is from an ergonomics perspective and avoiding having to lean forward or bend the neck
I know this is old, but having a bad neck injury myself, and having spent several years staring into this scope (the "identical" AmScope) - thought I could chip in. I'm not near the microscope atm so I can't give explicit measurements. But for me, the angle on the scope/ports themselves are ok. But the trick to reasonable ergonomics while working through this scope, in my experience, is not in the scope itself. But rather, having it on a motorized adjustable "standing desk". This enables reasonable back and neck posture, without hunching. Your arms come up a little bit more, but if you're doing soldering, especially microsoldering, then you _really_ should be resting your whole forearm from elbow to the side of your palms, on the table anyway; the only things moving to navigate the soldering iron/hot air handle/tweezers, being your fingers. Doing this so the larger muscles in your arms and shoulders are at rest, preventing the small tremors and twitches of those large muscles when under tension, from traveling down your arms and attenuating at your fingertips. For more ideal ergonomics, thinking in longer terms, switching to a good quality C-mount camera microscope and a low latency monitor (if splurging then 120 or 144 hz camera and monitor), is the way to go. Quality lighting is better and cheaper, working room under the scope is much better this way too. Lower weight too, so if you want an articulated arm to easily adjust and move away the scope when not in use, that is tight and stable so the image don't shake - those get cheaper too. Live video feed through USB is useless for working, but over HDMI (or DisplayPort) there's no noticable input lag with computer monitors. There may be more, noticable delay if viewed on a TV (because of image processing), at least one without a good game mode setting. So while dirt cheap 42-48" IPS 4k TVs may be great for schematics, instructions, static images etc - those are not so good for live, working microscope feeds. But there is a significant learning curve though, adapting to different eye-hand coordination and the lack of stereoscopic depth perception. But if you _do_ choose to take it on though, you'll frankly never need worry about the ergonomics of working under the microscope again.
I have quite a tall workbench so that I can work from a high stool or standing. I'm curious to know what the height of the eyepieces is above the work surface when you use the 0.5x Barlow. Thanks.
I have the same microscope. I bought a x0.3 barlow lense to get a higher working distance and a straighter seat position. My microscope has an diopter adjustment range of +/- 5dp, depending on the diopter setting, the working distance is between 200mm to 305mm. My eyes have around -6 dioptres and I work always without my glasses. Without glasses I have a working distance between 135mm to 225mm. I use the microscope diopter adjustment to compensated the ~0,75 difference between my eyes and the remaining adjustment possibility to get a comfortable working height. The end of the eyepieces is about ~265mm above the bottom of the barlow lense, it depends of the barlow lense, the x0.5 is a little bit lower than the x0.3 lens.
@@phib3l I'm still at THT level with my hobby but have to say the amount of detail on your reply was 11/10. Big thumbs up for the A+++ quality commenting!
@@ristomatti Thank you! :-) I also have some images which demonstrate the change in field of view with different barlow lenses: imgur.com/gallery/BfsYgEA (Actually I have published all this information on Aliexpress, but the dealer has apparently revised his offer and now old (my) review are missing.)
@@phib3l I feel you and I have something in common. An interest to share (potentially) useful information to others we have learned by experience or observation we might not see anyone bringing to out. But at the same time we're still hesitant or feel there's too little time to set up a blog/TH-cam channel of our own. Was my instinct correct? :)
Thanks for the various recent articles! Having reviewed several cameras now, with various pros and cons. Which camera did you finally settle on as best for use on the amscope745 ?
Something with a Sony IMX290 or IMX185 or similar is most likely the best choice as it has great low light performance. If that is not a concern, they all seem to work pretty well.
@@sdgelectronics I bought the same microscope (with the boom stand) but using the 0,5 barlow lens with the 0,35 or 0,5 lens (the same you suggested) on the camera I'm not able to focus with both camera and microsope. The zoom is the same but if I get the focus e.g. with the microscope the camera is not on focus and viceversa. Is there some camera adapter you can suggest to consider to get focus on both camera and miscroscope at the same time?
@@digant1973 I have same problem with 0.5 lens ... did you find solution which camera adapter is good ? Iam bought CTV 0.35X focus adjustable C mount adapter .. but dont have same vision on camera and microscope
@@jaaa1976 No, I didn't find any solution. With a 0.35X lens on camera I got (almost) the same zoom with the miscroscpe (mounting a 0,5X Barlow lens). Probably the solution is to use a better camera that allows to adjust the focus (e.g. something with a Sony IMX290). My camera is it.aliexpress.com/item/4000075178237.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.1ec64c4dME48pA.
I'm considering buying this microscope. Does anyone know what's the quality difference between this head www.aliexpress.com/item/32982404262.html?spm=a2g0s.imconversation.0.0.62ba3e5fclwKQ0 and this head www.aliexpress.com/item/4000199456041.html?spm=2114.12010612.8148356.35.5f035674sY4qCx (which is probably the one being reviewed in this video)?
I have the same microscope. The wobbling is related to the thin aluminium base plate, the top of the plate is only ~1.7mm thick. The arm/pipes/joins of the microscope stand are very stable. I replaced the original base plate with a 6x350x400mm steel plate, which I bought from a local dealer. The Eakins Aliexpress store has more stable stands, but these are quite heavy and the shipping costs to my country were about ~170EUR. It is way cheaper to buy this microscope set and order a heavy base plate locally.
@@microfix6035 nope, the lenses are not made out of plastic. In my work we have Leica and Kern&Sohn microscopes, the Leica has a better edge definition. But a Leica costs at least 10 times as much. The Eakins and Kern&Sohn are comparable - in my opinion. But I am no expert, only a user.
@@Erolanya There are actually differences, the Amscope has the dioptric adjustment in the eye pieces and I notices some of the cheaper models use cheaper screws.
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Really good video. I have the same Eakins scope but I have the articulating gas strut arm mounted to the wall. That is a game changer since it can be moved almost anywhere over the bench and no vibration from the desk. The Eakins scope really is a pleasure to use coupled with the Eakins 37MP 3700W FHD 1080P camera 0.5x c-mount and 0.5x barlow lens. I've had mine for just over 18 months now and use it all day every working day. If it broke tomorrow I'd buy another hands down.
Hi is it normal to have totally different views, between the camera and what you see through the eyecups of the microscope. I want to be able to record repair videos, but there is such a great difference between views, that if I use the microscope view, the recorded view is nowhere near to the repair site. I have set the focus so both microscope and camera are in focus at the same time. I dont know if I'm doing something wrong, I've tried matching the Barlow lenses, but nothing seems to make any difference, any help would be much appreciated, regards Andy
My camera has small black line at the bottom of the screen.
its a straight line from left to right at the very bottom almost as if its by design.
You seem to have it too but very tiny compred to mine
Hi there and thanks for the review! :-) I have a question for you if I may, when setting up the camera I realized the camera view is more or less half of what you see in the scope.. and that was a big disappointment. I got the same 0,5X adapter for C-Mount that you have.. can this be changed with a different adapter? I see there is possible to get 1X and 0,35X too.. any of this will solve the problem?
Also the eye pieses was pretty bad.. wonder if there is possible to get only 10X eye pieces.. not the 10/20 combination..
From Before I have a Meiji EMZ-5 and the Eakins is so much darker and less clear.. and almost a little yellowish. I have also ordered a Zeiss Stemi 508 Trinocular, but the delivery time is up to 5 months and I have a student coming in a couple of weeks, so I just had to get a trinocular quick.. but if this is the camera view, I´m not sure it´s usable at all.. :-) Hope you found a solution for this.
Literally 2 weeks ago I bought a microscope from them. I got the white one because seller was unable to answer my question about the differences between white models and black one.
I'm happy with the purchase anyway, great microscopes. 2 weeks delivery to Ireland and only €23 duty charge.
Sorry, we missed your question... The difference is that one is black and the other one is white. :)
Hi, I am planning to order this brand over Relife or others like sunshine. May you tell if the scope was worth for you? I am going to work with Iphones.
I think the eakins isnt parfocal? But the amscope is?
I’am new on microscope things.
What a difference beetween objective lens and auxiliary objective lens?
Thanks
How much is the depth of field on its maximum magnification?
Hi I've purchased a Eakins trinocular microscope. I already had a C mount camera, and everything works fine. However the image I'm seeing looking down the scope isn't the same as the image shown on either hdmi or usb, directly to computer. If I was showing someone else what I was doing, they wouldn't be seeing what I'm doing. Any help or advice would be much appreciated, regards Andy
Hi, can you tell me in quality build and view how big is the difference between Eakins and Amscope SM745? I believe you bought SM745 for a reason right? Were you not happy with Eakins? Thanks
as a watchmaker hobbiest i'm interested in buying a eakins microscope . i do have a question. tough. The one you are testing is a 3.5 x90 one. What is the diference in working distance with a 7X 45? And is is possible to adapt this 3.5 x 90 into a7X45? And what do i have to order to do so? Another barlow lens if so witch one?
Is there a way to fix the difference in the field view being much much more narrow then what you see through the lenses ?
I know i need some kind of adapter, but which one ?
did you fix this issue
@@ronphilips7182 yes. 0.5x camera adapter and 20x/10 for eye pieces seems to match more or less
@@northwestrepair wow the 20x/10 lenses worked you're a genius
I'm confused, there are many Eakins stores on AliExpress what store to order from Eakins store or Eakins microscope store for a genuine scope?
Hello, friend,
I have the same question. What is the official "eakins" store on aliexpress?
Were you able to find out?
Thx
@@paulohenricky6196 i ordered from eakins microscope store i found that both sellers are the same company.
Hello, friend,
I have a question. What is the official "eakins" store on aliexpress?
Eakins store or Eakins microscope store?
Hi Can anyone please give me the size of the bottom steps i know the main mounting one is 76mm can anyone tell me the sizes other of the other ring diameters, so i can see if it will fit in my other stands, Thanks Dave
So it looks like, the price deference to amscope is the stand? This stand is pretty terrible I have to say.
Thanks for this one! I recently ordered same microscope. I havent recieved it yet but ofcourse it doesnt come with camera. I was checking out the cameras for microscopes on Ali Xpress. Is there any particular type of Camera and or attachment's made specifically for this scope? Or will any 23.2mm camera fit on the already supplied camera attachment? Also do you have any recommendations on any better camera attachments than the one supplied. Thanks again for the video.
Hi, I am planning to order this brand over Relife or others like sunshine. May you tell if the scope was worth for you? I am going to work with Iphones. One year from the line now.... times flies.
Any build quality and optical quality differences between the black body and white body Eakins microscope reviewed in this video as well as the review in SDG #28? Thanks again.
Thank you for a great review. My only concern with this microscope is if it is wobbly during work because of the single arm boom and stand pipe.
I need a microscope for my computer repair shop.
I will not be working using microscope more than a few times a week.
I have the same microscope. The shaking/wobbling comes from the weak base plate, I replaced the original base plate with a 6mm steel plate from my local dealer. Now the microscope is perfectly stable! There are also much more stable microscope stands in the Eakins Aliexpress Store, but the shipping costs for those more stable stands are very high, due to the increased weight.
The arm/pipes/joins of the microscope stand are very stable, it is only the thin and light metal of the base plate that leads to this wobbling...
@@phib3l Would securing the supplied plate to the bench (harder to rearrange the bench) improve things, the or is the issue the plate-to-pillar joint?
@@michaeltempsch5282 Yes, securing it to the bench works well. I had the same stand for my inspection camera rig and I just used an Irwin Quick-Grip clamp to clamp it down to the side of the bench. No more wobble. The other option is permanent mounting and eliminating the base altogether.
@@phib3l Thank you for your reply. If the issue is the base plate then I can easily fix that.
@@michaeltempsch5282 Reinforcing the connection between the pillar and base plate should also be possible to do.
I have just purchased this microscope with the 37mp camera. Being my first microscope im unsure if these are issues or not. The image on the camera is not what i see through the eyepieces. Given the camera mount has 0.5x lens on it the camera gives twice the magnification which is a bit annoying when trying to get what your doing in view on camera. I can also not get the image in focus perfectly. The edges of the image begin to blur. is there a diferent camera mount without the 0.5x lens in it?
U have to use 1/3 or 0.35 adapter between camera and microscope to match the view ... there is a lot of auto focus cameras
What kind of stand do you prefer using with your microscope? This stand or the double-arm boom stand?
im looking for one of these used very hard to find in uk
Got mine today....the 2 focus knobs ate very noisy. Like the mechanism has sand in it..... did you have this as well with yours.. if so...does it go away?
Very smooth on mine. Maybe rotate them a few times to see if it goes away?
@SDG Electronics its just noisy a but but it's working.thank you.
Is this really the 90x scope? You mention 3.5x-45x a couple of times in the video?
@@kerbalette156 it depends on the objective lens attached to the bottom. One lens will either do 3.5x to 45x or 7x to 90x
@@sdgelectronics ahh does this mean I can just change the Barlow lens at the bottom?
I bought exactly the same from Eakins (head only, I have a stand) two weeks ago and it just arrived today. The view is excellent! The only drawback is that the Eyepiece Cover Guards are little short for my eyes... Now I'm looking for a camera. The question is 0.35X or 0.5X adapter? I suspect that it depends from the camera sensor size?
The 0.35x is pretty much spot on 1:1 to match eyepieces with the camera image.
I had the same problem with the rubber Eyepiece Covers, my eyelashs are too long and touching the lense of the eyepieces, very annoying. I 3D printed some extensions to get more distance, works perfect. www.thingiverse.com/thing:3965046 :-)
@@phib3l Thanks for sharing. I get the best field of view if I look slightly further away from the rubber eye covers. Just ordered a bigger pair, I hope these will be spot on. www.aliexpress.com/item/4000064115420.html?gps-id=7590465&scm=1007.14677.110221.0&scm_id=1007.14677.110221.0&scm-url=1007.14677.110221.0&pvid=d3d5b841-9fcc-49ea-8865-b8a6337b2b5a&spm=a2g1y.promotion-20181111.promoteWysiwyg_495474570.2
@@MrTon4eff Thanks for sharing the link! :-)
Hi, at one year from the line since you got your Microscope, may you share how are doing with it, I need one to start repairing cellphones. May you share. Eakins has good prices on ALI.
Sir: A quick question. How I tether this camera to computer. I need a special Software? Thanks in advance for your answer
I use obs to record all my videos
@@sdgelectronics And What is OBS?
Thanks for the video
Could you say the link or name of the video for your review on the Swift microscope please? Thanks.
SDG Mailbag #023
3.5x-90x to 3.5x-45x ? i am 52 years old and have difficult to see things . wich your recommend me , thank you
The 90x version comes with an additional 2x lens which screws into the bottom. I've never used it as it's too much for electronics work. I never go further than 22.5x
?can someone tell the type of battery goes into the remote controller of the camera
CR2032 I think
Hi I'm thinking of buying one of these microscopes, however home much duty do you have to pay when it comes into the UK?
Many thanks
You'll just have to pay VAT probably.
You can find all the information for that on the HMRC site, it’s not too difficult to calculate, remember to lookup the current $ to £ rate from HMRC too.
www.gov.uk/goods-sent-from-abroad/tax-and-duty
www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-exchange-rates-for-2019-monthly
@rashid khan Yes, the Spain warehouse incurs no risk of additional costs
Mine is being shipped from Spain, so no duty or vat to pay. Quite a long delivery time, even from Spain.
Great video ! Quick question what is the approximate distance from the centre of the objective lens to the eye cups ? (i.e. the distance the user can be sat back from the item being viewed). The reason I am asking is from an ergonomics perspective and avoiding having to lean forward or bend the neck
I know this is old, but having a bad neck injury myself, and having spent several years staring into this scope (the "identical" AmScope) - thought I could chip in. I'm not near the microscope atm so I can't give explicit measurements. But for me, the angle on the scope/ports themselves are ok. But the trick to reasonable ergonomics while working through this scope, in my experience, is not in the scope itself. But rather, having it on a motorized adjustable "standing desk". This enables reasonable back and neck posture, without hunching. Your arms come up a little bit more, but if you're doing soldering, especially microsoldering, then you _really_ should be resting your whole forearm from elbow to the side of your palms, on the table anyway; the only things moving to navigate the soldering iron/hot air handle/tweezers, being your fingers. Doing this so the larger muscles in your arms and shoulders are at rest, preventing the small tremors and twitches of those large muscles when under tension, from traveling down your arms and attenuating at your fingertips.
For more ideal ergonomics, thinking in longer terms, switching to a good quality C-mount camera microscope and a low latency monitor (if splurging then 120 or 144 hz camera and monitor), is the way to go. Quality lighting is better and cheaper, working room under the scope is much better this way too. Lower weight too, so if you want an articulated arm to easily adjust and move away the scope when not in use, that is tight and stable so the image don't shake - those get cheaper too. Live video feed through USB is useless for working, but over HDMI (or DisplayPort) there's no noticable input lag with computer monitors. There may be more, noticable delay if viewed on a TV (because of image processing), at least one without a good game mode setting. So while dirt cheap 42-48" IPS 4k TVs may be great for schematics, instructions, static images etc - those are not so good for live, working microscope feeds.
But there is a significant learning curve though, adapting to different eye-hand coordination and the lack of stereoscopic depth perception. But if you _do_ choose to take it on though, you'll frankly never need worry about the ergonomics of working under the microscope again.
I have quite a tall workbench so that I can work from a high stool or standing. I'm curious to know what the height of the eyepieces is above the work surface when you use the 0.5x Barlow. Thanks.
I have the same microscope. I bought a x0.3 barlow lense to get a higher working distance and a straighter seat position. My microscope has an diopter adjustment range of +/- 5dp, depending on the diopter setting, the working distance is between 200mm to 305mm. My eyes have around -6 dioptres and I work always without my glasses. Without glasses I have a working distance between 135mm to 225mm. I use the microscope diopter adjustment to compensated the ~0,75 difference between my eyes and the remaining adjustment possibility to get a comfortable working height.
The end of the eyepieces is about ~265mm above the bottom of the barlow lense, it depends of the barlow lense, the x0.5 is a little bit lower than the x0.3 lens.
@@phib3l I'm still at THT level with my hobby but have to say the amount of detail on your reply was 11/10. Big thumbs up for the A+++ quality commenting!
@@phib3l Thanks very much for the detailed info. Very helpful indeed!
@@ristomatti Thank you! :-)
I also have some images which demonstrate the change in field of view with different barlow lenses: imgur.com/gallery/BfsYgEA
(Actually I have published all this information on Aliexpress, but the dealer has apparently revised his offer and now old (my) review are missing.)
@@phib3l I feel you and I have something in common. An interest to share (potentially) useful information to others we have learned by experience or observation we might not see anyone bringing to out.
But at the same time we're still hesitant or feel there's too little time to set up a blog/TH-cam channel of our own.
Was my instinct correct? :)
This is going for £215(incl shipping) on AliExpress?? Is it worth getting for this price or just get the amscope se400z?
There's no real difference, so go with whichever suits your budget.
Left side of image is out of focus at higher magnifications.
The microscope was just on a slight tilt which I neglected to adjust.
Information ke ley thank you so much
#FahimaStudio
Thanks for the various recent articles!
Having reviewed several cameras now, with various pros and cons. Which camera did you finally settle on as best for use on the amscope745 ?
Never mind I've made a choice!
Something with a Sony IMX290 or IMX185 or similar is most likely the best choice as it has great low light performance. If that is not a concern, they all seem to work pretty well.
@@sdgelectronics I bought the same microscope (with the boom stand) but using the 0,5 barlow lens with the 0,35 or 0,5 lens (the same you suggested) on the camera I'm not able to focus with both camera and microsope. The zoom is the same but if I get the focus e.g. with the microscope the camera is not on focus and viceversa. Is there some camera adapter you can suggest to consider to get focus on both camera and miscroscope at the same time?
@@digant1973 I have same problem with 0.5 lens ... did you find solution which camera adapter is good ? Iam bought CTV 0.35X focus adjustable C mount adapter .. but dont have same vision on camera and microscope
@@jaaa1976 No, I didn't find any solution. With a 0.35X lens on camera I got (almost) the same zoom with the miscroscpe (mounting a 0,5X Barlow lens). Probably the solution is to use a better camera that allows to adjust the focus (e.g. something with a Sony IMX290). My camera is it.aliexpress.com/item/4000075178237.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.1ec64c4dME48pA.
which scope is your daily driver?
I normally use the Amscope, mainly because it got prime position first!
I'm considering buying this microscope. Does anyone know what's the quality difference between this head www.aliexpress.com/item/32982404262.html?spm=a2g0s.imconversation.0.0.62ba3e5fclwKQ0 and this head www.aliexpress.com/item/4000199456041.html?spm=2114.12010612.8148356.35.5f035674sY4qCx (which is probably the one being reviewed in this video)?
The black one has a few tweaks to stop dust getting into the optics
Looks terrible. Wobbly. Did they pay you to do this?
Cheap plastic and plastic lenses
I have the same microscope. The wobbling is related to the thin aluminium base plate, the top of the plate is only ~1.7mm thick. The arm/pipes/joins of the microscope stand are very stable. I replaced the original base plate with a 6x350x400mm steel plate, which I bought from a local dealer. The Eakins Aliexpress store has more stable stands, but these are quite heavy and the shipping costs to my country were about ~170EUR. It is way cheaper to buy this microscope set and order a heavy base plate locally.
@@microfix6035 nope, the lenses are not made out of plastic. In my work we have Leica and Kern&Sohn microscopes, the Leica has a better edge definition. But a Leica costs at least 10 times as much. The Eakins and Kern&Sohn are comparable - in my opinion. But I am no expert, only a user.
Okay I also use LEICA A60 microscope check my videos if you have time.
It is 100% copy. Now the question is: Our Amscope are original Amscope or fake cinese copy? Thanks for video.
Neither nor. Amscope sources in China, too. Actually Amscope is just a brand of "United Scope LLC" which imports stuff from china
@@FuchsHorst Thank you.
Amscope use better materials and better inspection list
@lordhaven111 AmScope is just a sticker. I found ones without AmScope on it.
@@Erolanya There are actually differences, the Amscope has the dioptric adjustment in the eye pieces and I notices some of the cheaper models use cheaper screws.