Hayear HY-1080 4K Microscope

This is a full review of the Hayear HY-1080 Microscope. I go into the ups and downs of this Microscope.

Back story. I owned and did a review of the Mustool G700 Microscope in hopes I could use it for SMD soldering and recording everything for YouTube content. Unfortunately, it’s just not that good as it had a date stamp you cannot remove. Even connecting to the PC using USB 2.0 has such a delay. So this is where this Microscope comes in.

I wanted a Microscope that has good detail, can record 1080P via HDMI, better USB 2.0 streaming, 4K quality and no date stamps encoded on the images and video.
This Microscope seemed to fit that criteria and more. The ability to have a built-in Microphone and Wifi control with a remote sounded perfect.

However, some things are not to be.
So these are the pros and cons of this device.

PROS AND CONS

Pros

The recording quality is really nice.
The image capture does record in the resolutions it claims to have and is noticeable when you zoom into the image.
The HDMI out quality is not bad. It should be improved though.
The USB 2.0 video delay is around half a second.
That’s not too bad as I’ve seen lots of other devices with a delay of around 1 1/2 seconds. The quality is quite good as well.
The stand is built really well.
The stand adjustment height knobs at first are extremely tight but if you move it up and down a few times and put some kind of grease like wheel bearing grease on the teeth it will move a lot easier. Perfect for fine touches to focus.
The lights can move.
The lights are bright, do get warm at max brightness.
The stand is black.
This is helpful so extra unnecessary light doesn’t reflect back into the sensor.
The 150X lens is nicely built.
I had some extra grease on the lens but was able to clean it off with Isopropyl Alcohol. The zoom on it is extremely good for inspecting solder welds. It does have a 25MM female thread on the bottom so you can add extra attachments like the 20X Achromatic Objective Lens. Hayear told me you won’t be able to see anything with the 40X Achromatic Objective Lens. So don’t bother purchasing it.
If you are going to use the Objective Lens for things like Microscope slides you will need a bottom LED light source. You can use this one. http://www.ioioa.com/Show.aspx?PID=453
Date & Timestamps can be disabled.
I hate it when these are hardcoded into the video and images. Luckily you can turn it off.
The screen can be adjusted at different angles of view.
Connects to OBS easily.
This is a big one. For someone like me, OBS is the way to go and it connects like a champ.
Extra attachments can be used.

Cons

HDMI outputs 1080i
There is no settings to change the HDMI output to 1080P. However, it down looks bad. You can see the checkerboard rendering grid but you really need to be looking to see it.
The threading on the microscope body is glued into place by the sensor.
You can easily break the glue and the 150x lens won’t stay on the screen body. An easy fix is to use Teflon tape and wrap it around the threads a few times. Then push it back into the camera body where the sensor is. Works great and you don’t use glue.
No built-in microphone
It does not come with a battery.
This is not an important thing anyway as the lights are in the base and you need them powered too. So if you want it portable. I recommend a battery bank.
Freezing at random.
The firmware should be updated to resolve these problems. I’ve even had a BSOD from having it plugged into my PC, but only once.
The Wifi Action Camera App can cause the microscope to freeze when you change the resolution from 720P to 1080P.

Wifi Action Camera App

This is a really handy tool. You can control the Microscope from an app on your phone.
Just download the Wifi Action Camera App on these services

Google Play
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Wifi%20Action%20Camera&c=apps
Apple App Store
https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/wifi-action-camera/id917189681

How to setup

Download Wifi Action Camera
Open Wifi Action Camera
Press Connect Camera
Go to your WiFi settings
Press WIFI button on the remote your Microscope came with.
You should now see (HY-1080dea01f2aee74) or something close to it in your WiFi.
Connect to it.
Should prompt you with a password. It should be 12345678.
If not just look at the Microscope screen. Might say something like this: PWA2:12345678
After connecting now press Connect Camera on the Wifi Action Camera
You now should see your live feed from the Microscope.

What can you do with it?

You can record and take pictures.
All the videos and images “media” are stored on the Hayear HY-1080 MicroSD card on the Microscope.
You can copy the “media” from the MicroSD card on the Hayear HY-1080 Microscope to your phone’s local gallery.

At the moment you can’t record 1080P only 720P. If you change the settings, the Hayear HY-1080 will freeze, unfortunately.
Still great if you want to share something if you don’t have a computer.

Menu Settings

Photo Settings Menu Dropdown

Line Set
CrossHair / Line / Direction / Position / Color / Weight
Image Size
VGA 640×480 / 1.3 1280×960 / 2MHD / 3M 2048×1536 / 5M 2592×1944 / 8M 3264×2448 / 10M 3648×2736 / 12M 4032×3024 / 14M 4320×3240 / 16M 4608×3456 / 21M 5200×3900 / 34M 6800×5100
Quality
Fine/ Normal / Economy
Sharpness
High / Medium / Low
ISO
Auto / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600

Photo Settings Menu Dropdown

To access this menu you need to press the record button on the remote and stop recording to get the menu.

Resolution
VGA 240fps / 720P 25fps / 720P 30fps / 720P 50fos / 720P 60fps / 720P 120fps / 1080P 25fps / 1080P 30fps / 1080P 50fps / 1080P 60fps / 2.5k 25fps / 4K 24fps
HDR
Off / On
Time Stamp
Off / On

Others in Photo Settings & Video Settings Menu Dropdown

TV Mode
NTSC / PAL
White Balance
Auto / Daylight / Coudy / Tugsten / Fluorescent / Manual
Colour
Flat / Standard / Vivid
EV
+0.0 / -1/3 / -2/3 / -1.0 / -4/3 / -5/3 / -2.0
Metering
Average / Centre / Spot /
Date/Time
Date / Time and arangment.
Auto Power Off
Off / 3 Minutes / 5 Minutes / 10 Minutes
Keypad Tone
Off / On
Screensavers
Off / 30 Seconds / 1 Minute / 3 Minutes / 5 Minutes /
Frequency
50 Hz / 60 Hz
Language
To many to post lol
Format
Cancel / OK
Default Settings
Cancel / OK
Version
Model: HY-1080 / Version: V1.34 / Date: – – – – / Firm: HAYEAR

Gallery Settings Menu Dropdown

Delete
Delete Current? / Delete All?

Some Screenshots

These are some screenshots. Please note that the quality is degraded as the rest of the images on this website to preserve bandwidth.
But don’t worry. I have some RAW images here on Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19ovAlKqNnlxsozeO2FrpG5JH8fqJNLR3

Remote Control

Not much to say about it but has these buttons

Record / Menu / Picture / Gallery / Cross Hair / Play/Pause / Aperture / AWB / AE / Flip Vertical / Flip Horizontal / NTL/PAL / To screen positive and negatives that don’t work / Some snowflake that does nothing and Wifi.
The arrow pad Up zooms in.
The arrow pad Down zooms out.
The arrow pad Left and right again does nothing.

Sizes

Bottom Base
11cm W x 17cm L
Bottom of the Base to the top of the base
22cm H
From Base to Lens at the furthest distance
13cm H
From Base to Lens at the closest distance
2cm H
150X Lens male thread width
(the part that screws into the screen body at the sensor)
20mm W
150X Lens female thread width
(The part that can add extra attachments like the 20X 185 Achromatic Objective Lens)
25mm W
Screen Size
11cm W x 6.3cm H / 5 inch

Digital Zoom

The digital zoom doesn’t have fixed zoom-in defaults. It just goes from x0.0 to x8.0 and anything in between.