So basically Suba Engineering is just another Aliexpress/Alibaba merchandise "repackager/relabeller" company ?
Price is going up, surprise Dave factor.
Bought one with the link in the video and its $522.99 freedom bucks now. Maybe its the Trump tariffs.
Funny enough, the camera looks identical to the one Louis Rossman uses.
What are you using for HDMI capture on the PC Dave?
I ordered one from an eBay seller a few weeks back after
the previous thread, and it arrived today.
For those trawling ebay the magic search terms seem to be "hdmi microscope imx290", I got mine for ~US$520 including Australian GST, with the 180x lens and a ring light.
The search terms for the standalone less-magnification lens would be appreciated if anyone knows them.
I picked up a set, the cam, mount, led ring light etc. and also purchased a 120x lens... don’t tell my wife.
I picked up a set, the cam, mount, led ring light etc. and also purchased a 120x lens... don’t tell my wife.
Please share the captured image at 120x ... or I will tell ...
... j/k ... TIA
Please share the captured image at 120x ... or I will tell ... ... j/k ... TIA
Once it arrives I will do a review video on it.
What happened to "don't turn it on, take it apart!"?
Tear it down, Dave!
Dave could you check if the top part of the lens screws off, from the lens option pictures it seems like its 2 lenses screw back to back from the 120x to the 180x.
@Spragnut
It seems the same but the seller also has another one with autofocus mentioned at 309 pounds.
Oscar
Dave could you check if the top part of the lens screws off, from the lens option pictures it seems like its 2 lenses screw back to back from the 120x to the 180x.
@Spragnut
It seems the same but the seller also has another one with autofocus mentioned at 309 pounds.
Oscar
Well spotted! If it's too good to be true and all that! You've just saved me wasting my money on something inferior.
So basically Suba Engineering is just another Aliexpress/Alibaba merchandise "repackager/relabeller" company ?
Not the only ones. The Chinese Germany SMT company thing also claimed to have one as well. ( they claim a special high quality lenses ).. Seriously.. Looking forward to going and finding one of these at the next trip to the SEG. If you are going to just blanetly copy stuff, you will get just get busted. Esp on this forum where cynicism is normal.
Eakins is just another brand. theres several others simialr.
Dave could you check if the top part of the lens screws off, from the lens option pictures it seems like its 2 lenses screw back to back from the 120x to the 180x.
Mine arrived today, I was hoping that was the case, as it certainly looks like it, but no such luck with reasonable force. Wouldln't surprise me if it's loktite, but I'm not willing to use enough force to find out.
Edit: I'm an idiot, missed the obvious set-screw holding the extension in place.
Dave could you check if the top part of the lens screws off, from the lens option pictures it seems like its 2 lenses screw back to back from the 120x to the 180x.
Yes, the barlow lens just screws off. So it should just be a matter of changing that.
Not the only ones. The Chinese Germany SMT company thing also claimed to have one as well. ( they claim a special high quality lenses ).. Seriously.. Looking forward to going and finding one of these at the next trip to the SEG. If you are going to just blanetly copy stuff, you will get just get busted. Esp on this forum where cynicism is normal.
Someone could make a good business reselling this camera with a kick arse lens and a good stand.
Heck, if I stuck my Canon IXUS 800 into the viewfinder, that picture was much better
Does the stand allow to turn the microscope to the side?
I'm looking for something to use with a system like this:
A preheater and an hot air gun on a stand.
I want something to help me to check when the solder start to melt.
The search terms for the standalone less-magnification lens would be appreciated if anyone knows them.
Try "barlow lens".
In the case of the Eakins microscope Dave has bought, there is a thread at the bottom to mount an additional barlow lens on the sample side of the objective. A 0.5x barlow lens, for example, halves the magnification and doubles the working distance, which I really like for soldering with my stereo microscope. Eakins offers compatible barlow lenses at the link below. Make sure that whatever you buy for your microscope can be mounted properly to your optics.
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/0-5X-2-0X-0-35X-Barlow-Auxiliary-Objective-Glass-Lens-For-XDC-10A-180X-300X/3200040_32845571497.html
Price is going up, surprise Dave factor.
Bought one with the link in the video and its $522.99 freedom bucks now. Maybe its the Trump tariffs.
Must be Trump. I just went to Aliexpress and it says 455$US.
Did you go to Aliexpress in 'Private Browsing' mode so you don't get the occasional higher fees, or, try using a VPN remote proxy connection through a different country like Canada?
I recently saw that if I use a VPN set to my destination location instead of where I live, when I book a return flight ticket from where I live to there and back, (yes, to the booking agent, it looks like I'm traveling backwards), browsing in a private window, I save 50-150$ per flight.
What happened to "don't turn it on, take it apart!"?
Tear it down, Dave!
+1
Would be interested to see what hardware the AF stuff is based on and if there are any options on the board - a simple AF enable/disable switch would be handy, maybe as a foot-switch.