Mac Microscopes

I read many reviews before deciding on this item. I needed something to look closely at stamps & coins. I use a Mac computer. The microscope arrived and from unpacking, downloading software and getting it working took less than 5 minutes. Does it do the job?? Yes most certainly.

Moticam 1 0.5MP Color Digital Microscope Camera. Crisp 0.5 MP images. Focusing lens and Macros Stand for stand-along use. Included Calibration Slide for Accuracy. PC/MAC compatible. Includes Measuring Software. You pay: $169.00. Summit SK2-5.2X 5.0MP PC/MAC Digital Microscope Camera. 5.0 MP output with excellent color resolution.

Taking pictures is almost instant. I noted some people in their reviews of similar products moan about the lack of depth of field. If you have any idea of how fixed lens items work you will understand the restriction re depth of field. This unit is no different but I knew that when buying. It has already proved to be well worth its cost.

This was purchased for use in the research and development facility of a global manufacturing company to photograph and measure the surface of specialist steel samples. Previously we used a microscope with a camera attachment that proved fiddly, time consuming and often gave poor results. The MAOZUA USB Microscope produces very clear pictures and is easy to set up and use. It appears well made and for the price is very good value. We could have paid a lot more but I doubt the results would be significantly better. Altogether an excellent purchase and thoroughly recommended.Brian - Product development manager. Great for viewing tiny things with the kids.

It took me a while to get used to how to work it but once I'd got used to the controls we had a great time with it. Don't forget, it's under £30 so you're not going to be able to get HD videos of bacteria. No idea if it actually goes up to 1000X. I suspect not, probably more like 200 or so, but as a fun, portable home microscope for use with the kids this is great.

We took these pics of my skin and this video of a dead fly with it.The phone app is not the best way to use it, although it does work. It's best just plugged straight into the Mac, on Photo Booth.

We recently moved to a small farm and we have been looking at our soil biology under a microscope. It was hard to see clearly so we bought a ‘Celestron’ Microscope camera (model #44421) from Amazon for about $40. The packet doesn’t specify that it works with Apple computers, but it does and is very simple to use. It plugs into the usb port on your computer, and the camera replaces the eyepiece on the microscope. It doesn’t need any drivers or extra software. Read on to find out how we set it up.

First, we set up the microscope. We used a second hand Kyowa Biolux 12 with iris diaphragm and 4x, 10x, and 40x objectives that was on eBay for under $100.

Then we pulled out the eyepiece and replaced it with the camera, and pluged the other end of the camera’s cord into the usb port on our macbook pro. You can adjust the focus of the camera if you want by loosening the little screws on it.

When we plugged it in, nothing happened, but as soon as we opened Photo Booth (which is a part of OS X) it automatically showed the image from the microscope. Free delphi ds150e keygen 2016 download full version 2016. It didn’t need any special setting up or drivers. If you want higher resolution, you can use other software, like iStopMotion (we tested it and it worked for us), but Photo Booth was nice and simple.

Here’s a video of what we recorded.

We were very happy with how it worked. What showed up on the computer was more detailed than what we could see through the normal eyepiece, and it also had the advantage that we could record photos and videos for later use.

The only problem we had was that because the image was slightly delayed, it was harder to focus in real time. We got around this by adjusting the coarse focus looking through the eyepiece, then swapping it for the camera. Overall, it’s a great microscope camera that is very easy to use on a macintosh computer.

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Saelonsays:September 30, 2018 at 3:53 pm

It would be helpful if this post included the date it was written and the OS version. It says Oct. 27 but it doesn’t say what year. I’m guessing a very long time ago, because Photo Booth most certainly does not do this on my 2013 iMac running OS 10.11.6. It doesn’t see any camera except the little built-in camera on the monitor.

ReplyWaynesays:October 5, 2018 at 3:01 pm

This article was written in 2014. AS far as I know this still works. But if not you could try iStopMotion which I mention in the article. Are you using the ‘Celestron’ Microscope camera (model #44421) or a different camera?

ReplySkootersays:March 31, 2019 at 10:59 am

Use the Image Capture application that’s in your Applications folder.

ReplyJoseph Dohertysays:January 12, 2019 at 9:59 am

You can also use FaceTime to display the microscope.

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