All Scienscope microscope and video inspection systems are packaged by the following key components.
- Microscope Bodies / Inspection Lens
- Stands
- Lighting
- Camera
Choosing a Microscope Body / Inspection Lens
A good way to choose your microscope system is to first consider the microscope body and its associated eyepieces and objective lens you wish to use. These are the most important pieces of microscope body components which will determine the ability of your system, such as magnification (MAG), zoom range, field of view (FOV), depth of field (DOF), working distance (WD), image capturing and display capability.
A simple way to understand the relationship of the three key components that make up a Scienscope microscope body (body, eyepieces, and auxiliary lens) is to learn what magnification (MAG), zoom range, field of view, depth of field (DOF), working distance (WD) are and how they are affected based on your configuration.
Here are some general rules:
The higher the magnification (MAG) you configure using eyepices, the less field of view (FOV) you get, and vice versa. Working distance (WD) of a microscope body remains the same when magnification is changed through eyepieces.
Auxiliary lens are used to compensate the loss of field of view (FOV) when magnification is increased or decreased. Working distance (WD) of a microscope body can also be changed using an auxiliary lens.
Choosing a stand
Equally important, you must consider the type of stands you want to use for your applications. Choosing the wrong stand can subject your microscope body and/or lens to limitations such as reduced working distance (WD), zoom range, and/or exceeding load capacity of the stand.
Choosing a light source
For choosing the right light source, it should be determined by the samples you're going to put under the microscope. Some light source has advantage over others such as light intensity, heat transmission, UV-free, and bulb life.
Choosing a digital / analog camera
Last but not least, if you are choosing a system to use it as video inspection, measurement, and documentation purposes, you need to consider the type of camera you want to use.
Choosing a USB2.0 digital camera allows you to transmit your microscope view onto a computer at (15 frames per second) for documentation, image capturing, email transmittion, and measurement (when upgrade to OVM-TM or Video Image Express Software), while choosing XGA digital camera allows you to directly connect your camera to any RGB monitor with 15 pin D-Sub connector for real-time (60 frames per second) display. Compared to analog camera, digital camera has advantage in its simple system setup and low price.
Unlike digital camera, analog camera uses BNC connector and has advantage over digital camera in its speed and quality of the images delivered to the monitor, however, it requires a frame grabber and/or BNC monitor, which together, can cost more than digital camera systems.
Scienscope systems are configured with all of the above considerations.
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