[MF3D.FORUM:481] Cool Stereo Microscope.

[Greg Erker <erker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 I sent this to photo-3d but for those
of you who don't read that list....

Greg E.

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 I went to a electronics tradeshow today
and saw a very impressive stereo microscope.
It was a Lynx from Vision Engineering:
http://www.visioneng.com/stereo.htm

  The most amazing thing is that you don't
look into two small eyepieces. Rather you
look into a 3x5" rounded window. So head
position isn't critical. Glasses or no glasses
aren't a problem. You get a true stereoscopic
view of the item under the scope.

  The brochure talks about a multi-faceted
rotating lenticular disk that has 3.5
million pixels. The result is that the
exit pupil it 64x larger than conventional
eyepiece microscopes. Truely impressive.

  Another very nice feature is a switchable
overhead and oblique viewer that gives you
rotatable view from 35 degrees to the side.
So you can inspect solder joints from any
angle without having to rotate the PCB.

  If you ever get a chance to see one make
sure you look at/through it. The Imax of
microscopes!  :)

Greg E.

Medium format stereo and more:
http://www.angelfire.com/ca/erker