USB Microscope Stylus Pictures

jim 249

Hi All; Here are my first pictures of the styluses that I have taken. The first 2 are of a new replacement stylus for a Shure V15 III. The next 1 is of a V15 IV relplacement stylus that did not sound good when playing. Looking at it, it is not hard to see why. the last 2 are of a V15 IV replacement stylus, the first being right of the player with the dust bunny removed, with the next one being after it has been cleaned. I tried to transfer the pictures between computers and they darkened a bit. So I am going to upload direct from the actual computer that took the pictures. I hope this works ok.:D

jim 249

Hi All; It looks like it worked. I believe the actual diamond is the clear part of the needle. I am not sure really what I am looking at so any feedback would be appreciated.

tcrossma

jim 249 wrote: »

I tried to transfer the pictures between computers and they darkened a bit. So I am going to upload direct from the actual computer that took the pictures. I hope this works ok.:D

Completely off topic from the (very cool) images from your USB microscope, but copying or e-mailing an image from one computer to another will not change it. The other computer might show it differently on that computer's screen depending on monitor / brightness / contrast settings, but uploading it from either computer would be identical.

Great pictures though, and I've been following your previous thread with great interest.

thsmith

Jim, that is good enough for me. This will allow me to inspect my stylis without removing from tonearm and put under microscope.

Thanks for a nice find.

jim 249

Hi thsmith; It is very hard to keep in focus. I even had to move my computer mouse from the work table to keep the image stable. I guess you could inspect as long as you have a very stable surface. The scope has to be real close to the object at 400x so clearance might be a problem inspecting on the table.