Link doesn't work...
Thanks, it's fixed. Sorry, but it points now to the German site, though.
What is the working distance of this thing, enough to use a soldering iron, or only good enough for visual inspection i.e. need to stick the board to the lens in order to focus the picture ?!...
Just measured it. Working distance is approx. 120mm between object and lense which should be enough for soldering.
Distance between lense and my eyes approx. 120mm as well.
The biggest advantage (to me) is the huge visible area.
Thanks, link works now. I was mistaken, you only bought the lens itself... so I would need to buy the entire lamp/stand on top of that. So basically it's quite convenient / versatile... you can use it either as a lamp, or add a lens to it but only if you need it, and you can use different lenses on it depending on the job at hand... so it's win-win, no need to comprise.
visible area is also a big problem with lenses, so it the one you got gives good results, that's a huge bonus indeed !
Hmmm I am tempted now !