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I didn't realize how nice a microscope you could get for so little money. This unit does not feel flimsy. The base is HEAVY, and very hard to tip. There are lots of adjustments. You can move the head in any direction, including pointing it sideways. It's reasonably easy to slide around.
Optically, it seems to be great. I haven't used a $5k top brand microscope, so I can't be sure that they aren't better. But this one is extremely useful. The only optical quality complaints I've got are that you need to keep your head in just the right position. Move your head much and you can't see anything. Also, when you're zooming in the depth of field is extremely shallow. Only the top of a surface mount resistor is in focus! The bottom of it is blurry. (I know that this is a very common characteristic of optical assemblies; maybe the more expensive ones are just like this too...)
The "3.5x to 90x zoom" is perhaps a bit misleading. The zoom control goes from 0.7 to 4.5, and the eyepieces are 10x. That means that you get 7x to 45x. In addition, there are front add-on lenses in the box, 0.5x and 2x. With the 0.5x you get 3.5x to 22.5x, and with the 2x you get 14x to 90x. You can't actually get 3.5x to 90x without unscrewing one of those lenses, and removing the LED light assembly and re-attaching it.
I haven't used the trinocular port with a camera yet. You need some sort of adaptor with optics for that to work. Also, there is a slider to switch between the trinocular port and the left eyepiece. You lose the left eye when you use the camera.
The LED control box works. It's not top quality, the text is low quality silk screen, but the buttons feel solid and have a good click when you press them.
Overall, I'm happy with this microscope. I can't compare it to any other because I really haven't used any others. But my soldering is now much better than it used to be. I can examine each solder joint carefully and see what it looks like.
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Use it for PCB assembly/inspection and mods.Wide view field and long focus allows work convenient with soldering iron.
Very convenient boom stand.
On negative side as been mentioned in other reviews you need to keep your head in just the right position.
144 LED's still not enough, they are not a lighting application quality, I believe just indicators white LED so I bought additional light Optics quality comparable with Olympus and Zeiss I used.
It worth the money.
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