Opti-Tekscope Digital USB Microscope Camera Unboxing and Linux Testing

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Ай бұрын

It works with the regular Linux drivers and apps out of the box!
I tested it with Cheese and ffmpeg on Ubuntu. It works as expected.
The focus and zoom are great!
Ambient room-lit circuit boards look great!
It has a rolling shutter (so jerky horizontal movements can look wavy) and, as all USB cameras I have tried, it has a minor lag.
I give it a thumbs up!
I bought mine from Amazon (I do not receive anything for referrals) here: a.co/d/0rAZ0th
If you only want the camera (no base stand): a.co/d/hrdg9fD
I think this is the same camera that I have seen James Sharman using in his videos: • About My Microscope...
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Music used in this video (Vibe Tracks, Alternate) was downloaded from the KZfaq Audio Library.

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@spehropefhany Ай бұрын

Nice, thanks. For a practical use, I use one to help align solder stencils to the PCB. It helps to get a view from right overtop of the stencil aperture while adjusting the knobs and locking the position.

@jackrubin Ай бұрын

Don't need a USB camera right now, but thanks for the intro to James Sharmin!

@JohnsBasement Ай бұрын

James is building a pretty cool all discrete system.

@BobSmith-xd4sz Ай бұрын

This is the Optitekscope we use! Nice video brother!

@JohnsBasement Ай бұрын

@@BobSmith-xd4sz Thanks!

@andymouse Ай бұрын

Howdy John ! been keeping an eye on you but its all to mathy complicated stuff Lol! This however was interesting as I have been following James and his games machine for a while and lots of people specially the new ones ask about this camera, so I figured I would see what you thought of it, and like everyone else your super stoked so that's great ! nice review and James is super nice bloke......cheers

@JohnsBasement Ай бұрын

Thanks. Yeah. It is a better camera than the first one I tried some years ago.

@kwan3217 Ай бұрын

I got a microscope like that about 12 years ago. It looks mechanically identical, and the images seem to be of similar quality. I use Cheese too! I think it's 640x480, but it's been great for me for inspecting surface mount solder joints. The papers for yours claim 640x480 and 1600x1200 resolution, but I bet you have to command it into higher-resolution. Some of your first images of the QFN chip show how hard it is to inspect those. One thing I did was put a sheet of clear plastic contact paper on the base plate, so that my boards don't short out if I inspect one while it's powered up.

@JohnsBasement Ай бұрын

An insulated base is a good idea!

@bob_mosavo Ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

@JohnsBasement Ай бұрын

Welcome 👍

@EETechStuff Ай бұрын

Thanks John. Regarding recording, I noticed an "OBS" folder on your drive, so I'm assuming you use OBS for recording? I'm kinda scratching my head on the scripts discusssion. Does OBS not recognize this directly as a camera? Although I haven't had my morning coffee yet, so maybe I'm missing something obvious 😁

@JohnsBasement Ай бұрын

Good eye! I used OBS a decade ago when I put a thumbnail of my face in the videos. I stopped that after my first playlist. The lighting was annoying and this channel is not about ME. It's about the projects! I also had issues with audio sync, wayland foolishness, and it talking to my PI cameras. So I scrapped it long ago.

@EETechStuff Ай бұрын

@@JohnsBasement Ahh, okay. BTW, I noticed the same unit is listed in Amazon for the same price under Andonstar brand, which as you probably know makes some really nice higher end digital scopes. Heck, for only $80 I think I need to buy one of these just for the rare occasions I might need it. Groovy. Thanks.

@SyntheToonz Ай бұрын

Webcam is a webcam. It SHOULD be plug-n-play. I'm suspicious of Windows and Mac needing anything on CD.

@JohnsBasement Ай бұрын

I agree. But KNOWING is better than BELIEVING.

@opti-tekscope Ай бұрын

John, thank you so much for your fantastic and unbiased unboxing/review! It’s the best one we’ve ever had! We'd like to upgrade the stand as a small token of our appreciation for your support. Please contact us through our website or the contact on the box. Truly excellent!