Vinyl Disc Under Microscope

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Vinyl disc under microscope.

Photo via zeiss microscopy. This first vinyl record image was captured at 100x magnification using reflected light through the objective lens. The record in the first photo is one such case. Under the microscope the grooves were embedded with crud and the lands the space between the grooves showed signs of extreme wear with hundreds of vinyl deflections along the edges of the grooves.

A image of a usaf 1951 resolution test pattern. Today we look at a cd rom under a variety of magnifications up to an empty 2000x. A 6 3 megapixel microscope digital camera was used to capture the images. The ridges on a penny.

An electron microscope has been used to produce images of vinyl lps as well as cds dvds and blu ray discs at the micrometre level. 21 everyday items put under the microscope reveal their hidden complexity. All images courtesy of reddit. Microscope world recently took an old vinyl record and put it under a metallurgical microscope to see what the grooves looked like at high magnification.

What cds dvds blu rays look like under a microscope. Here s a link to the applied science video that i used as inspiration for. Optical microscope using dvd focusing lens l 1 and 2d translation stage s. When i pulled it from the jacket i could see immediately it had gone through a rough life.

But still i think you ll agree that the results are stunning. Your vinyl record s grooves magnified 1 000x under an electron microscope. His latest project saw him buy a vinyl record to put under electron microscope. Now you can see how the needle slides over the record at 1 400 speed.

Photo via zeiss microscopy. It s crazy what every day objects look like when you look at them through a microscope. The footage of the needle running through the grooves was made by saving microscope images in an oscilloscope one at a time and then using photoshop to make a gif.