Daily Deal: Microscope Camera with 1000X Zoom

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Fri, Sep 28th 2018 10:39am — Daily Deal

Sink into a whole new microscopic world with this simple, portable microscope. This microscope camera will allow you to view the smallest of details in high resolution at up to 1000x their actual size directly on your computer screen. It's got 8 LED lights built in with a dimmer switch to help you achieve the perfect light for examination, and a stabilizing stand so you can focus easily. You can snap photos and save them to your computer to avoid disrupting your image with a single click, and it's compatible with iOS and Android phones with an OTG adapter (not included). It's on sale for $38.99.

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ECA (profile), 28 Sep 2018 @ 11:13am

Iv looked it up..
Its a neat device, but there is Very simple info on it.
And 1 important 1..Unless you ant to goto Oil magnification you cant get to 1000x with full optical..and it aint cheap.

But as a neat device its great..
I would like..
Focal depth..Range it can focus to magnify.
DPI or Megapixel..

It does work well, but its abit over the top on its advert.
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anon, 28 Sep 2018 @ 11:40am

Does it work with Linux? That is, are there drivers that will work with linux, or are they proprietary?
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Jeff Green (profile), 28 Sep 2018 @ 12:53pm

Re: Iv looked it up..
I wish someone had told me years ago you couldn't use 1000X without an oil setup. Would have saved me hours of looking down my nice Russian made microscope at the bugs in dirty water and wings of butterflies, all sorts ...

1000X magnification is better with the right gear but just use a bright light and it works OK.
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Lawrence D’Oliveiro, 30 Sep 2018 @ 3:49pm

Re: Does it work with Linux?
I can’t see mention of any drivers at all -- compatibility with mobiles seems to be done with a cable, nothing more.

Maybe this uses some standard image-capture facility of the USB stack. Which means it might work on Linux.
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Nirja Kumari, 4 Oct 2018 @ 5:03am

Great Tech.. Never seen this type of microscope camera with 1000x zoom.
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