PRESTO 6D / MICROSCOPE HAS ARRIVED / 12 bucks

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PRESTO 6D / MICROSCOPE HAS ARRIVED / 12 bucks

Post: # 42315Unread post THEVICTROLAGUY
Wed May 04, 2016 9:34 pm

usb microscope 50x-500x, 8 built in led spotlights, manual focus, will shoot video as avi as well as snapshots. pretty basic but REALLY inexpensive, 12 bucks with free shipping. just got it installed, will be playing with this to see what it can do, but i think this will be more than sufficient for what i am going to use it for...

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Thu May 05, 2016 12:44 am

Where did you find? :)


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Post: # 42320Unread post crowesBR
Thu May 05, 2016 1:19 am

Nice. Thanks. Getting one right now :)

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Thu May 05, 2016 9:48 am

Hi,

Can't beat that price!

I assume the zoom is digital, not optical, so you will lose resolution as you zoom in. Its really just a fixed 50X optical scope. Do you know if the full driver allows for a video overlay? This would be great as you could develop a calibrated software reticle that would allow you to measure the groove width. Otherwise, you could make one that was printed on a clear overlay for your monitor since it is going to be fixed.

Mark

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Post: # 42331Unread post THEVICTROLAGUY
Thu May 05, 2016 12:14 pm

the scope comes with a microscope micrometer calibration ruler with full reticul and calibration lines all metric of course but provides measurement of 0.03, 0.05, 0.07, 0.1 and 0.2, 40mm scale, round particle measuring, and a grid. this is a pretty basic scope but resolution is pretty good considering the cost, as i said it is almost disposable, no glitches yet, seems to work well, worth the 12 bucks...

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Post: # 45639Unread post lofiaudio
Wed Jan 18, 2017 10:07 pm

Hey victrola guy! Looking at getting one of these soon, what is the handy scissor arm you've got it mounted on? Looks perfect in that the height and thus magnification stays constant.

Thanks in advance!

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Post: # 45646Unread post CountMoogle
Thu Jan 19, 2017 11:58 am

awesome! I was wondering how I was going to measure the distance between my grooves. my not be perfect, but it's cheap.

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