After seeing Mr. Cyrano’s images I did some checking out of the current Dino-Lite USB hand-held scopes. I must say I’m impressed. I also did some checking around and didn’t find any other scopes with similar features.
The two coolest features are focus stacking and exposure bracketing. Additionally the scopes can be focused with the keyboard which solves the hair pulling freak show of focusing USB cameras by having to touch the scope. Add to that they have an internal polarizing filter to help reduce reflection on surfaces.
Focus stacking and exposure bracketing is well known in photography, but I’ve never seen it before in USB scopes.
The following image is a great example of where focus stacking, exposure bracketing and a polarizing filter would be very beneficial.
Here the top part of the bevel is in focus, but is less focused at the edge. With focus stacking an image can be taken focused at the top of the bevel and then another focused on the edge. The two (or more) images are then combined so the entire bevel and edge are in focus. Very cool.
The top of the bevel is exposed well, but the edge is over exposed with blown out highlights. With exposure bracketing, one exposure is taken so the top of the bevel is properly exposed, then another (or more) with reduced lighting (exposure) so the edge is not blown out. The images are combined so the entire bevel and edge are properly exposed. Combine that with a polarizer and it should be able to make very excellent images to shiny steel surfaces.
They also have cool adjustable frames and other accessories.
I want one! The only issue is that they are expensive.
For a scope and stand it can cost $1,000.00 - $1,400.00.
Sadly I don’t have a Dino-Lite so I can’t speak to how reliably this stuff works in practice, but I’ve got to hand it to
Dino-Lite for a feature set that directly addresses the major problems of USB scopes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5SdWb8pZfg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7aWMIuYTlo
Mr. Cyrano, could you please post some example images of the automatic 5 stack focus stacking and exposure bracketing? I’d love to see some actual examples from a forum member.
The two coolest features are focus stacking and exposure bracketing. Additionally the scopes can be focused with the keyboard which solves the hair pulling freak show of focusing USB cameras by having to touch the scope. Add to that they have an internal polarizing filter to help reduce reflection on surfaces.
Focus stacking and exposure bracketing is well known in photography, but I’ve never seen it before in USB scopes.
The following image is a great example of where focus stacking, exposure bracketing and a polarizing filter would be very beneficial.
Here the top part of the bevel is in focus, but is less focused at the edge. With focus stacking an image can be taken focused at the top of the bevel and then another focused on the edge. The two (or more) images are then combined so the entire bevel and edge are in focus. Very cool.
The top of the bevel is exposed well, but the edge is over exposed with blown out highlights. With exposure bracketing, one exposure is taken so the top of the bevel is properly exposed, then another (or more) with reduced lighting (exposure) so the edge is not blown out. The images are combined so the entire bevel and edge are properly exposed. Combine that with a polarizer and it should be able to make very excellent images to shiny steel surfaces.
They also have cool adjustable frames and other accessories.
I want one! The only issue is that they are expensive.
For a scope and stand it can cost $1,000.00 - $1,400.00.Sadly I don’t have a Dino-Lite so I can’t speak to how reliably this stuff works in practice, but I’ve got to hand it to
Dino-Lite for a feature set that directly addresses the major problems of USB scopes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5SdWb8pZfg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7aWMIuYTlo
Mr. Cyrano, could you please post some example images of the automatic 5 stack focus stacking and exposure bracketing? I’d love to see some actual examples from a forum member.