Binocular microscope of 20x (more than enough) are not expensive at all. I
bought one (new) from eBay for about 30=80, I guess is a very good tool to
work with SMD for that price. The drawback: you will see everything with
great detail, forget about thinking you have some "perfect" soldering
technic, as you will clearly see even the smallest defects.

2006/9/25, Wouter van Ooijen <wouter@voti.nl>:
>
> > For fine pitch SMD work I use a binocular microscope.  You don't have
> > to look straight down on the board through a magnifier.
>
> Yes, I know those things. When I was young we used them to study small
> insects. Should not be too expensive (at least compared to an LCD
> o'scope).


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Ariel Rocholl
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