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2) Nova Scotian dark hardcore band Barlow. Based out of Halifax.

3)Hey, this is Tom Barlow. My label asked me to write a bio to introduce myself and my new record. They told me to include things like the fact that I won the 2001 MIX 99.9 Songwriting Competition in Toronto; once opened for Pearl Jam; am about to put out my Sony Music Canada debut...but I'd rather defer to the following quotation:

"To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim"
Oscar Wilde

Instead of a bio, here are a few words about my songs...

"Cruise"

"Cruise, never check the rearview mirror/ cruise, watch the future getting clearer...With a nametag and a bright blue vest/ they put the handcuffs on your wrist."

A teenager driving in his first car with his first love feels equal parts Christopher Columbus and James Bond. Ten years later, check in with him at his McJob and he'll feel equalparts Hurricane Carter and the Count of Monte Cristo.

"Walk Away"

"Doesn't matter that you're lying in the gutter/ It doesn't matter that your brain's all cluttered/ It doesn't matter that you're covered in scars/ You're never in the gutter with your eyes on the stars."

There are millions of remarkable dramas happening around us at every second. Of these tales, the ones I find most interesting are those of overwhelming events that occur in an instant and irrevocably alter a person's life. These types of stories, and a liberal dose of Oscar Wilde plagiarism, are what shaped this song.

"Billion Dollar Rockets"

"Down at Union Station we watch the open hand Parade/you see the purple hearts and the shopping carts and "sorry man I got no change"/Billion dollar rockets and Star Wars fantasies/guess there's just no money left for the kids out on the street."

Conservative estimates on the cost of the Star Wars Missile Defense Program are one TRILLION dollars...how very Dr. Evil. Most scientists insist it will never work and the rest of us know that there are far more insidious ways of attacking the U.S.A. than launching ICBMS. One TRILLION dollars could virtually eliminate homelessness and give every American health insurance and provide rehab for every drug addict and develop a viable alternative to the combustion engine. Some evils are clearly more profitable to fight than others. One TRILLION dollars.

"Perfect Wave"

"I'm just living on a perfect day riding on a perfect wave waiting for the end to come/enjoy your visit no one gets to stay..."

People tell me you can "Curse the darkness or light a candle." My personal version of the adage replaces the part about the candle with "get a band and turn the guitars up and sing about booze and sex."

The following is brought to you by your friends at Sony Music Canada.

GET TO KNOW BARLOW!

We are now at the halfway point of this biography, personally written by the artist, and have come to the conclusion that it may be a little too 'artsy' for the masses. We know you're sick and tired of the effort it takes to listen to an entire album or read a lengthy bio. Who has the time with the hectic pace of the modern lifestyle? Not you! Prepare to enjoy the ease and comfort provided by this ultra-concentrated dose of extreme insider Barlow information.

Where are you from?

Toronto, ON.

Have you put out any records?

Yes, four indie albums.

Were you in a group?

I was in a political ska punk band called Thinktank Fish. The albums were produced by Mladen, who produced and co-wrote this new record with me.

What would you say are the four highlights of your career to date?

I performed for the Sandanista Army in Nicaragua as part of a social justice brigade. We were the first Canadian band to perform in China back in 1989. I once had coffee with Dave Grohl in LA (well, we were in the same coffee shop and he shot me a knowing glance or two). On one occasion, Eddie Vedder drove me home - I have no memory of this but my bandmates assure me I had a great time. He signed my jacket "YOU LIVE, E.V."
Did you work with any other producers on this album? I hooked up with the young wiz producer Tawgs, who ended up co-writing the song "LA."

We want to know more about this record. What was the recording process like? This album is like a sausage - you'll probably enjoy it more if you don't know the details of how it was made.

How did you end up signing with Sony Music Canada? You guys came sniffin' after our indie song "Married By Elvis" went Top 10 and after the band won the 'Rising Star' award at the 2001 Canadian Indie Music Awards.

THANK YOU BARLOW! NOW, LET'S TAKE A BREAK FROM SELLING RECORDS AND RETURN TO THE "ART"...

"Married By Elvis"

"I think tonight they'll both wear white.../They want to drive down to Vegas get Married by Elvis/Get drunk on Champagne and get legally laid."

Any hetero couple can know each other for 15 minutes and get married, but a gay or lesbian couple can't even if they've been together 15 years. Why, in 2003, is this still the current reality and not a closed, embarrassing chapter of our collective history like Rosa Parks at the back of the bus? When the producers of The Mathew Sheppard Story called and asked for permission to use this song in their movie it was one of my proudest moments as a writer.

"Bullets and Bombs"

"This is not a song it's a commodity.../Like gold or oil or Soya beans/...Double click till you kill the corporation call it theft or call it liberation/Piss me off with your elevator filling/ sign The Monkees and drop Dylan"

Michelangelo never wanted to paint a fucking ceiling... who would? He wanted to sculpt, but the pope who held the advance money wanted the ceiling done and so art was compromised for economic reasons. This type of commodification has been going on forever, but now it seems the art form itself is being threatened. I guess those last few extra-spicy wings came from the golden goose.

Who is Mladen?

Mladen Co writes and co-produces all the songs, he is the editor of my ramblings and is the one who always says it's not good enough yet and we're not finished yet. I would have stopped writing for this record at ten songs. Mladen knew we were missing something, so we stopped at 35. He was right.

Hope that's enough. For more information, please listen to my record.

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Barlow Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Barlow:

Candy Candy wants to be a star but Hollywood is just…
Cruise Well I backstroked through my high school years Changing la…
Fake I.D The St. Louisa school girl Corona on her breath Push up ammu…
Fake I.D. The St. Louisa school girl Corona on her breath Push up am…
Fake ID The St. Louisa school girl Corona on her breath Push up ammu…
Go For It You're not a dream, you're not an angel You're a man I'm…
I Heard It Oh, oh yeah I miss all, all your love. Oh, yeah…
L.A The girls last words were a perfect kiss She knows a…
L.A. The girls last words were a perfect kiss She knows a…

Laundromat The birds are dying off The flock is dying down The trains…
Married By Elvis There's a real cool couple living on my street They smile…
Never I found the road to nowhere The greener grass it turned…
Perfect Wave She was a Baptist He was a model She said she…

Walk Away Christine's depression never seems to end, 'Cause she'll nev…

The lyrics are frequently found in the comments by searching or by filtering for lyric videos

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Comments from YouTube:

Kean Maizels

Nice.
I have a similar setup but without the auto focus. Of course none of my barlow lenses from previous microscopes are the correct size for it. I should order one with the correct thread.
I generally prefer my Andonstar models (not quite sure why...) but this model with auto focus would certainly be a welcome upgrade, plus that tall stand!

tony359

I believe the focus on those cameras work by contrast detection. When the auto-focus started misbehaving you had just a more or less blue area on the focussing area - that's why it wasn't able to focus, I think.

Defpom's Electronics Repair

5y↑3

I got the 0.35, 0.5 and 2.0 lenses I found using the 0.35 worked best for my situation, I have also ordered some extension tubes to allow me to raise the microscope up higher to be able to use zoom above 3, auto focus has been really good to have !

I am using the 120x assembly not the 180x.

I have some footage recorded for a review video, but haven't got around to it yet. I have been using it to do liquid damaged Macbook Pro repairs, doing 0402 and can use a 10" screen just fine.

P Mo

were you able to test it? I'm trying to find out if it's possible to get the area of 20x15cm with a 120x and 0.35 barlow, even if it means mounting camera 1m above the desk. could you check that for me please?

Bobert

Which extension tubes?

Jaakko Salo

Bought one of these since Dave's first Eakins video. Been a happy camper, except I'm not sure if my autofocus works as well as Dave's: it's jumping around quite a bit sometimes, and focus range doesn't seem to be as good. Maybe it's because Dave has better lighting. I have the 120x and 180x objectives; now ordered the Barlow lenses ;)

Chris Tech

5y↑1

Yeah, its a great camera, Saw your first review and ordered one. But i ordered that Barlow lens straight away and that combo is really nice. Tried some other lenses to but this is probably the best combination...

BlankBrain

5y↑3

I'm able to get great results using a DSLR camera, extension tubes and a normal lens from my old camera. I built a jig to photograph 35mm slides, and can pick up grain on Kodachrome 64.

ASJC27

I don't need to use a microscope very often, so I also use my dslr with a 70-200mm lens, a close up lens and 2x and 1.4x teleconverters (barlow lenses). That works amazingly well with a great zoom range, autofocus, more than 300mm working distance, and at maximum magnification I get an amazing 12mm wide field of view at full hd resolution. Can get even closer than that if I use 1:1 sensor resolution.

joejoe4games

5y↑13

7:45 I think the problem was that there was very little contrast in the focus square so it had a hard time telling weather it focused correctly or not.

lynton cox

5y↑1

Very nice scope but recently prices shot up- only a couple of years ago these were 50% of the price- the barlow lenses though are quite cheap because for binocular microscopes they cost more and they aren’t much different. Magnification being the thing many manufacturers charge almost a third more for something that provides a total of x90 vs one with x45. Like everything its a jungle out there and they have to compete on the price of the standard kit and make their profit on the accessories. Keep up the good work and the great variety of posts. Im learning a lot (a pom learning from an antipodean? Whatever next eh?) with 11/11 looming let’s remember the fantastic contribution of the Anzacs to the WW’s. Thanks friends!

Rýán Túçk

lynton cox Anzacs made supersecret lenses for bomb sights?

dotdissonance

Thanks. I'm trying to find a good soldering scope that doesn't take up too much space. I like the idea of mounting this on a arm if you can keep it from wiggling.

UpLateGeek

I should find out which HDMI splitters we use at work to feed the foxtel set-top boxes into our RF system. I believe it's a jaycar cheapie, but it gets rid of the copy protection or whatever pretty well.

Defpom's Electronics Repair

I am using a ezcap287p HDMI to USB3 capture unit, that works just fine with the eakins, and my splitter (which looks physically the same as, but has different silkscreen to yours), also my splitter is being powered from the USB3 port without external power.

RandomSmith

5y↑2

Dave, I'm guessing you have worked with both types of microscope - trinocular and just the camera like in this one. Do you find one better than the other?

AVE Services

Have a look at Decimator design - MD-HX, convert / scale the HDMI signal
Or, and EDID emulator - tho, the MD-HX will give you much more control and I'm sure you can find other uses for it!
(They're also an Australian company ;) )

Alex Wang

Seems like an EDID problem to me, too. I'd slap an EEPROM or an arduino but what you suggested seem less sketchy.

Nicholas Weightman

Did you update the cable spec for hdmi 2.0 to support 4k? The cables are often a problem as they don't all support the higher bandwidth. Apparently hdmi 2.1 supports 8k. But using an old cable won't give the full experience.

Peter Sage

Kicks the ass out of the magnifying lens on my third hand tool by a couple orders of magnitude. Price is also a couple orders of magnitude greater. I suppose the USB scopes that run about 50 Yankee bucks would be midway between the two on a log scale.

Geoff Geoff

A Barlow lens is a concave lens used as an auxiliary lens in telescopes to increase focal length. What you have are just auxiliary lenses.

Gabriel Camporredondo Díaz

Hello, what is your lens model from eakins? And what is your maximum magnification you can reach with it?

Xava

Our company bought an Eakins microscope for industrial use, it is much better than Tagarno HD.

Patrick Sweetman

How many of those Barlow lenses could you glue together and still have it auto-focus?

Drake Dragon

I defiantly need a "make things bigger" tool in my bench.

𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 (♞)

4y↑2

Will these work on the Hayear 41MP included tube lens?
I'm glad I finally found a video about this.
I want this setup but I can't imagine what I'd use it for other than soldering and reading the fine print on things. What do people use these for in real daily life (not industrial inspections like in a shop) other than soldering?

Andy Dickinson

@𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 (♞) I have the vids i sent as evidence with how bad it was behaving perhaps I should do a review commentary alongside. Just to make the company realise the consequences of poor service :-) . Anyway thanks for the support don't forget to let me know if the fix works with your setup. Im still tempted to send it to Dave's Postbag for him to review it. he would do a better Job with his sense of humour:-)

𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 (♞)

3y↑1

@Andy Dickinson That sucks, sorry dude.

I'd buy another one on credit card thenyou wouldn't have tow ait ont he refund, by the time the bill came you'd probably have it.

𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 (♞)

3y↑1

@Andy Dickinson Hmm, I don't use the buttons on the top of the camera at all.. I use the IR remote that came with it. Never had a problem and HDMI works every time I switch it on. To power it off I just switch a switch on my power strip. So to turn it on and off I use a power strip that also switches my lights on at the same time. Try that instead.

If you don't have a watch battery for the remote, you can get a pack of them cheap on ebay... CR2016 I think, but double check... I'm so blind I can't read it on the battery without firing up the microscope.

The main thing I use the IR remote for is to zoom in and out with the digital zoom using the up and down arrow. Once I have the menu system setup I stay out of it because it confuses me as well as the other butons on the controller. Also, keep in mind it's Infrared light using an infrared LED on the front of the controller, not radio waves, so you have to point it in the general direction of the microscope just like you would a TV controller. For me that's up and it always works as long as I'm pointing it up at my microscope from the bench.

Andy Dickinson

@𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 (♞) Hope it works Let me know. It worked for me fingers crossed :-) I'm having Fun not with another company re a Bad Camera. My original one. It takes 10,to 20 attempts to get the Hdmi to work. switch on off on off rinse repeat.
Also the Menu Freezes etc requires powering down Arggh no Hdmi rinse repeat. Long story short. They sent a replacement buttons Panel. No instructions. Doh good Job im not easily phased. Id watched Dave Tear one down as well as many others. Fitted new Buttons and also checked the other cable end was firmly attached. Bet you guessed it. Power on no Hdmi 25 attempt later Got a signal. tried the remote control got a Menu it managed to scroll down 4 items to the Color menu and Locked up. So i have given up on it. Im awaiting a Dispute resolution From Ali. If I dont get any Joy Ill send it to Dave to rip apart and then rip them a new one :-).

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richard goebel

5y↑1

That was great! What else will you show us before you move?

BobC

5y↑20

I don't need a microscope, but I want one of these. But, alas, no. I'll stick with wearing two pair of reading glasses (which works amazingly well).

Andy Dickinson

I did not think I needed one but I am the same with good recommendations and recovering from past purchases. I got one and have tons of uses for it now. I'm also getting some Barlow's and going to use it with an old telescope. Weather permitting I'm in the UK. it works brill for spotting marks on so called new items. Call out the seller and normally get a refund of some kind or a Free return when the items not worth it. :-) One of my best buys and the grand kids also love it they now come armed with items they wish to see with Grandads Super Zoom power and they also bring a usb so they can get a copy of the pics. Worth it weight in gold just to see them so engaged and who knows Dave may well be responsible for the next Astronauts AKA Tim Peaks, Physicist Bryan Cox, or Engineer James Dyson. :-)

ender4555

5y↑10

I'm in the same boat. I could certainly use one, but don't need one. Stop posting about this, Dave! I'm still recovering from my rigol and fluke purchases, I don't need another expensive tool enticing me!

Jon Wise

5y↑5

Just tried it, good tip even though it makes me look like a tit.

mitch wright

Please open up the camera and show us the mechanical autofocus. How many camera are there that move the sensor relative to the lens? Thanks

exapod23

When you find the lens you ordered months ago cleaning the lab...ahaha

Jorge Duarte

Would you reccomend , the Barlow lenses for Extreme Macro Photography....???
I need the closest vision and details.. Do you think it´s gonna work well ... ?? . Thanks.

Nicholas Heidl

What purpose is there for a heights other than to get a board and soldering iron under it?

John Francis Doe

5y↑1

Nicholas Heidl Also to get a side view to check if any pins are flying loose a few microns above the board (bad connections!). 300mm is about the width of many baseboards for instruments and computers.

Elvin Haak

5y↑1

Can be pretty handy if you are repairing something that is still half in a case for example or on top of something big. You can leave the board in place and functional then to test.

northwestrepair

My microscope came showing black line at the very bottom.
Its very small but annoying.
is that normal ?
is this firmware issue ?

Jack Allen Walters, Jr.

5y↑4

If light is an electromagnetic wave and lenses focus light, can lenses also focus WiFi or other electromagnetic radio waves ?

Jack Allen Walters, Jr.

@Emmanuel Afriyie
Hello,
Konnichiwa,
Bonjour,
Guten Tag,
Aloha

Emmanuel Afriyie

5y↑1

OverUnity7734 hello

Jim Steele

5y↑3

I seem to have read something about using a Fresnel lens for microwaves.... not the glass or plastic kind, but a flat wood surface with the right pattern of aluminum circles laid on.

Mora Fermi

5y↑1

You can, just the lenses would be massive. Since 2.4GHz has about 12cm wavelength, a refraction lens would have to be hundreds of meters across to provide any kind of focusing power.

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Hesy ra hernan

Hi. What lens is the one with the microscope? 180x or 300x? Greetings

Alex Wang

I believe it is 180/190, from his previous review video.

netman87

holy poop - this is neat

Politic Artisan

Next video: Best Eakins substitute for under 50 bucks...

redtails

5y↑1

a field of view larger than 7-10cm is just like looking at the board with your eyes, right..?

Rýán Túçk

Except it’s seeing with a veedaoe camera.

Aivan Sama

But you get that FOV in big monitor so not really.

Defpom's Electronics Repair

5y↑1

You can see me using my one in the live stream macbook repair video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-EjJjFF7kU

frollard

5y↑1

Same as others say, don't need one, want one.

The Killer Spud

Sheesh, you can easily fit a drill in that working distance if you needed to for some reason.

John Francis Doe

5y↑1

The Killer Spud Like hand drilling 0.2mm vias in a prototype board?

Elektronik Atölyem

Excellent

NaN

Cool toy.

Tricky Rat

Dave - your wife called: "Have you finished packing yet?" :)

bob bob

5y↑1

Hey Dave! Greetings from Ireland!

PerfumedManatee

"I just found these lenses I had misplaced." :D

almerian

5y↑11

Great but.......You better keep focussing on the job at hand. Sorting and packing. I've been there.

eggaweb

5y↑1

That's as cool AF.

Rob Fenwitch

I need a longer rule

Gabriel Camporredondo Díaz

Lattice IC is a CPLD

Bobert

Do not buy anything yet!!! 11.11 is right around the corner and if you purchase through the Aliexpress mobile app you'll save $100s of dollars if you're going all in.

Anyone

Spending $600 to purchase a product on aliexpress, without any warranty, future support or return possibility? Hell, no. It can be a great product but, hell... no. Maybe if you live in China.

Christian Ivarsson

F*cking hell that thing is hulk :o

HOTAIR83

NICE

Merlin Gallagher

5y↑1

Why is this so special? Never used a DSLR or mirrorless with macro lenses?

ASJC27

@Rýán Túçk Of course not. As I already have all of this photography gear I thought I'd try it and it works very well. I don't suggest someone buy all of that just for micro soldering, but if you've got it and don't need a microscope on a daily basis this is a viable option. One could also achieve the same result (but lose the zoom range) with just a dslr and macro lens. A longer macro lens, if you want a lot of working distance.

Rýán Túçk

ASJC27 all that for under $500?

ASJC27

You can get a great working distance with macro, but that means you have to use a long lens. Extension tubes reduce your working distance.
I don't need a microscope very often, so I use my dslr with a 70-200mm lens, a close up lens and 2x and 1.4x teleconverters (barlow lenses). That gives me more than 300mm working distance, and at maximum magnification I get an amazing 12mm wide field of view at full hd resolution. Can get even closer than that if I use 1:1 sensor resolution. And the image quality is fantastic.

lynton cox

The tube tend to distort the more u have so glas and good glass is the best answer- have you ever seen the macro lenses video film makers use for natural history shots of insects? They get up to around 12-15 inches. And because they use apochromatic and coated lens systems there is a beautiful bright flat field.

JGnLAU8OAWF6

5y↑1

@Merlin Gallagher Isn't macro tubes used to decrease working distance?

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Alfonce Jean

5y↑2

why am I thinking of FFcossag?

SidneyCritic ComedyHound

5y↑1

I think he was using a std SLR camera mounted on the ceiling, like 1.5m working distance, and zooming down to the table.

Flemming Jacobsen

No clue what a Barlow lens is

Rýán Túçk

5y↑2

Flemming Jacobsen basically it’s a mild reducer or magnifier which when used in conjunction with its black tube may unflip the final image by 180° in circumstances when it’s impossible to flip a real object, of course with minimal loss of luminosity. In this case its only practical application is like putting a fixed-focus lens on an autofocus camera to shift its entire zoom power range around, which for a ‘reducing’ Barlow (fractional power) adds the benefit of increasing field of view, such that very little of its original autofocus capability will be lost even while increasing the distance from the object to the scope. Any added extremity or ordinary (non-Barlow) complexity often dramatically decreases depth of field and obviates setting any ‘back focus’ especially when the lens diameters are small, and large high-powered ‘objective’-lenses with short focal lengths are so expensive that when possible they are omitted in lieu of low powers in conjunction with an extra-long optical tube or if there is a cheap but standard lens that’s slightly overpower, a fractional Barlow added to compensate.