A low quality fiberscope observing the inside of an antique clock mechanism. Note how individual fibers are discernable, as it only relays one general color.

A fiberscope is a flexible fiber optic bundle with an eyepiece at one end, and a lens at the other. It is used for inspection work, often to examine small components in tightly packed equipment, when the inspector cannot easily access the part requiring inspection. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 600 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (700 × 700 pixel, file size: 251 KB, MIME type: image/png) View through a low-cost mechanic/carpentry fiberscope (SLI PV300, with approx 6000 fibers). ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 600 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (700 × 700 pixel, file size: 251 KB, MIME type: image/png) View through a low-cost mechanic/carpentry fiberscope (SLI PV300, with approx 6000 fibers). ... Fiber Optic strands An optical fiber in American English or fibre in British English is a transparent thin fiber for transmitting light. ...

The lens is often a wide-angle lens, and the eyepiece is occasionally instead connected to a camera. Some fiberscopes use an additional fiber to carry light from an external source to illuminate the material being inspected, for clearer viewing.

All fiberscopes introduce a certain amount of image distortion; much of this is similar to the distortion of modern night vision equipment.
Quartz fiberscopes can reach lengths of up to 300 ft^[1] Night-vision is seeing in the dark. ...

Fiberscopes are used in medicine, machining, computer repair, espionage, locksmithing, safecracking, and computer forensics, among many other uses. For the chemical substances known as medicines, see medication. ... A lathe is a common tool used in machining. ... Spy and Secret agent redirect here. ... Locksmithing began as the science and art of making and defeating locks. ... Safe-cracking is the process of opening a safe, generally without the authorisation or knowledge of the safes owner. ... The simple definition of computer forensics - Chris L.T. Brown, Computer Evidence Collection and Preservation, 2006 Thus, it is more than the technological, systematic inspection of the computer system and its contents for evidence or supportive evidence of a civil wrong or a criminal act. ...

External links

• Borescope and Fiberscope History at Lenox Instrument Company
• Information about Borescopes and Videoscopes

See also

• borescope
• endoscope

A borescope is a rigid tube with an eyepiece on one end, an objective lens on the other linked together by a relay optical system in between. ... Endoscopy means looking inside and refers to looking inside the human body for medical reasons. ...

References

1. ^ quartz fiberscope info from NDT magazine