Choosing Affordable SMD Soldering Microscope: Height, Optics & DIY Tripod Modifications

AD407/Pro has a 30mm metal lens with a thread for which you can buy accessory lenses (Xit XT30WAB 30mm 0.43X). As for the size of the screen, 7" is quite sufficient. All tripods of these microscopes are not suitable for viewing large plates, because they are blocked by the adjustable column. You either have to use them the other way round or make your own, e.g. on the basis of a telescopic monitor holder.
A lot of people use electronic microscopes and look from the monitor, it is an individual matter. It definitely takes some getting used to in the beginning. See, for example, https://www.youtube.com/@NorthridgeFix or https://www.youtube.com/@StezStixFix
I mainly use them to record close-ups for movies, because they are handy. The most pleasant is in my opinion the good old AD407. The tripod still needs to be modified by yourself. AD407 feeds the image on the monitor and HDMI simultaneously. The 249S-M turns off the monitor when connected to HDMI.

OK, thanks, but will it be a big mistake if I buy with a larger screen, e.g. Andonstar AD209 10 "(https://pl.banggood.com/Andonstar-AD209-10-inch-Digital-Microscope-1080P-adjustable-LCD -display-Microscope-for-soldering-Microscope-Phone-watch-Repai-p-1985979.html?akmClientCountry=PL&cur_warehouse=CN)?
The difference is not very big, and those 3 extra inches will be a plus, not a minus.

I'm also considering something like this https://pl.banggood.com/HAYEAR-Full-Set-34MP-...Camera-HDMI-USB-Outputs-180X-C-mount-Lens-60- LED-Light-Big-Boom-for-PCB-Repair-p-1955312.html?rmmds=detail-bottom-viewalsoview&cur_warehouse=CN&trace_id=59521684915616993
and adding a lcd monitor on top.
The question is whether such a powerful camera is necessary for soldering and will it matter? Can you make a comment?

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Or something like this solution https://pl.banggood.com/HAYEAR-2K-51MP-1080P-...mera-0_5X-Eyepiece-Adapter-30mm-or-30_5m-Ring -for-Phone-PCB-Repair-p-1705003.html?rmmds=detail-left-hotproducts&cur_warehouse=CN&trace_id=59521684915616993
will it be better? The camera has a much higher resolution, the money is similar, and a 10-inch monitor and two illuminators are pennies?
Such equipment beats all toys and closes the topic.

bachin wrote:

Or something like this solution https://pl.banggood.com/HAYEAR-2K-51MP-1080P-...mera-0_5X-Eyepiece-Adapter-30mm-or-30_5m-Ring -for-Phone-PCB-Repair-p-1705003.html?rmmds=detail-left-hotproducts&cur_warehouse=CN&trace_id=59521684915616993
will it be better? The camera has a much higher resolution, the money is similar, and a 10-inch monitor and two illuminators are pennies?
Such equipment beats all toys and closes the topic.

You're not reading properly This camera is the same apart from the color They are neither 34MP nor 51MP ... Mine described as 38MP has 60MP in the menu:





I was making fun of this and I gave this photo in the thread to which I gave a link together with the packed photos to see.

What sensor in the camera has a real resolution is difficult to sense, but certainly not as shown in the pictures, it is impossible to tell because the software does interpolation - maybe 16MP is real, but there is no certainty. Let's add that 2MP is really enough for FullHD work...

Now as for this set, the first one is better. For this you will have to buy an illuminator + tripod. Another thing in the first one (with the blue camera) the optics look much better.

Anyway, regarding the pink one, if you look at the photos, you can see that it is probably dedicated as a camera for an optical microscope that does not have a third track for the camera (you put this optic in place of the eyepiece in the microscope).