::We're looking for an ergonomic stereoscopic microscope with a monocular
::video camera port

You are looking for something similar to the Leica S6D with vision (without=
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vision the S4E), though probably not at Leica prices. Olympus equivalents=20
might be cheaper especially if you have access to a university for=20
purchasing purposes.

I'm trying to rack my brains to recall a model that was originally designed=
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for haematology slides and ran on a little Linux box - I'm pretty sure it=20
was Leica and a model that they never advertised publicly, anyhow it would=
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be ideal for PCB work.

There is a Chinese company who make reasonable equivalents with camera and=
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software included - they aim at the secondary school market, but have quite=
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good optics - and again my brain refuses to recall their name (2008 was so=
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long ago).

You don't need a 'scope with baselight but either ring or fibre light=20
source.

Something along these lines would work=20
http://www.proscitech.com.au/cataloguex/online.asp?page=3Do8

Colin
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