New HD Microscope cleaning setup

I have been wanting to upgrade my cleaning setup from an old lighted magnifier to something better.

Yesterday I found 1080p 560x zoom Microscope style set up with 2 adjustable lights, 5inch screen and HDMI ability to hook it up to your laptop or HDTV.

Living so close to China I was able to get the high quality one very cheap and it arrived today. I'm very pleased. It can set contrast, color, lighting, all like a tv.


This is a picture zoomed out on a roman coin.

Here is a chinese coin to show the area of gunk and corrosion


I believe this will help significantly to clean the 165 Romans I have coming and these after.

 

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It also has a sum card slot and can take pictures and video. These images are thru the 40 inch HDTV.

 

Wow, I imagine the cleaning takes a lot of patience but is also relaxing at the same time?

 

It is alot easier than by hand and eye. But cleaning is tiring yes.

I cleaned this up this afternoon for about an hour.

Before

After

 

That looks a fun thing to use. Care to share the model and make please?

 

Its a China Special "ADSM302"

 

What are you using to scrape?

 

http://www.andonstar.com/e_products/Digital-microscope-ADSM301-5.html

Here is the manual on the microscope, has a 3 mp sensor.

Edited to add that the manual above is for 302 also.
Here is info on 302 separately

https://www.banggood.com/Andonstar-...oldering-Tool-p-1232954.html?cur_warehouse=CN

 

For Romans I have the diamond dust pencil set For the modern a toothpick

 

That's a great set up.

 

This looks great! How do you think it would compare to this somewhat cheaper model, the ADSM301?

 

I got the better model and less than half that price. I didn't want to get the cheaper model and regret it. Actually I'm very pleased with it. My first group of uncleaned Romans should arrive today and I can try it out more. It sure beats the old lighted magnifier. It's a sight to clean coins on a 40inch HDTV.

 

Wow, I finally broke down last year to get this guy. Seeing the OP's as well as @Severus Alexander 's target, I feel that I am in the dark ages! Way cool on your Scopes, Guys!

Mine

 

That's a beautiful piece too. I looked at those I just wanted to try the cleaning on a HDTV large screen. I can say I'm not disappointed. But anything was an upgrade to my old set up.

 

You have it wrong. At high magnification , the lower resolution of the sensor in a digital device is the limiting factor for details. With an optical scope it is usually your eye's retina which is many times higher. Digital scopes have their place, but the optical scopes are more accurate. Your brains "wetware" is much better at forming images than the digital interpolation and sharpening aspect of digital program. In 5 years, probably not, as military grade sensors and programmings become available. Jim

 

I wish everyone could experience the difference between 2D and 3D like Alegandron's scope provides. Mine is not a high end (two fixed magnifications rather than a zoom) but you see things of interest either way. While I have enjoyed playing with 3D images, may people have trouble viewing them. There are those (myself included) who prefer images arranged side by side matching each eye while others prefer to have the images reversed requiring the viewer to cross eyes to get the effect. In the example below, I have provided both ways so conventional (antigue view card fans) will look at the tow left images while cross eye fans will use the right pair. Using the wrong eye technique on the wrong pair will result in reversed relief with the farthest point appearing to be nearest.

 

So cool!! I wish more coin photos used this technique. (How did you do this exactly? specialized camera?)

 

I am gonna have to check one of those microscopes out.
Both look cool!

 

You beat me to it and said it much nicer. That digital scope at high power is virtually worthless! I'll take an optical unit over one anytime but those digital toys are getting better. In another decade they will probably surpass our optical units. My Nikon Stereo Zoom is over fifty years old and the image (even at 80X) is still as sharp and clean as new.

 

Alegandron, posted: "I finally broke down last year to get this guy."

Great price! Ditch the ring light and try a two bulb florescent jewelers desk lamp. You cut a crescent out of the hood and you can park the barrel of your scope into it. That's the setup the Mint technicians use.