Home Microscope with 1.3 Megapixel Camera
Save money with this economical digital microscope combination: our dual-head Home Microscope bundled together with a 1.3 megapixel digital camera. The dual head on this microscope rotates 360° and includes two widefield 10x eyepieces - one inclined 30° and one vertical. It is designed so a student and teacher can view the same specimen simultaneously. The digital camera easily attaches to the vertical eyepiece to provide up to 1280 x 1024 pixel still image resolution and video at up to 30 frames per second. The camera includes a USB cable and ScopePhoto software to view, capture, edit, record, measure, zoom, file, and manage still or moving microscope images. This microscope has standard magnification levels of 40, 100, and 400x and features precision fine and coarse focusing and cool and bright fluorescent lighting. See specifications below for minimum PC computer requirements. (Incompatible with Macs.) Home Science Tools lifetime warranty for the microscope, and one-year warranty for the camera. Ages 13 & up. You save $200!Product Specifications
- Dual head with one 30° inclined eyepiece and one vertical eyepiece with diopter for teaching or use with a camera
- Head rotates 360° for convenient viewing
- 10x widefield inclined eyepieces with 18mm exit pupil distance
- 4x (0.10 NA), 10x (0.25 NA), and 40xR (0.65 NA) objectives meet DIN standards and are achromatic, parcentered, and parfocaled to prevent color distortion and keep the slide in focus as you switch to higher or lower power
- 40x objective is retractable
- Separate fine and coarse focusing with a slip clutch to prevent damage to slides or optics
- Sturdy all-metal rack-and-pinion focusing
- Large 110 x 120mm stage with clips and stage stop; pre-drilled for a mechanical stage to make viewing easier
- NA 0.65 condenser with five-hole disc diaphragm to adjust light levels for optimum resolution
- 5-watt cool, bright fluorescent illumination
- Field of view is 4.5mm (1-3/4") at 40x
- Rugged aluminum frame, stands 17" tall
- Includes operating instructions, a dust cover, and a spare light bulb
- A replacement light bulb is available
- Lifetime warranty
Digital Camera and Software
- 1/2" CMOS camera
- Built-in lens provides large field-of-view
- 1280 x 1024 effective pixels and still image resolution (1.3 megapixels)
- 5.2µm x 5.2 µm pixel size
- 30 frames/second at 640x480 pixels and 20 frames/second at 1280x1024 pixels (video speed is dependent on computer performance)
- 24-bit color (16.7 million colors)
- 480 MB/second data transfer
- 1.8 Lux minimum illumination
- Automatic or manual white balance
- Automatic or manual auto-exposure
- Electronic rolling snap exposure
- Programmable image size, brightness, gain, and exposure
- Standard camera eyepiece fits compound microscopes with 23.2mm eyepieces
- Includes two eyepiece adapters to fit stereo microscopes with 30.0mm or 30.5mm eyepieces
- Includes USB cable to connect the camera directly to your PC (USB 2.0 port required)
- Includes ScopePhoto software with the following functions: image capture, video capture, in-depth image measurement, image edit and enhancement, image and file management, image sharing, and image zoom
- Software supports both TWAIN and DirectShow interfaces
- Software file formats include JPG, BMP, PNG, TIF, GIF, TGA, PSD, ICO, EMF, WMF and more
- One-year camera warranty and 90-day software warranty
- Minimum PC computer (incompatible with Mac) requirements are Pentium 2.5Ghz processor, 512 MB RAM, 1 GB drive space, Windows 2000/XP/Vista, USB 2.0 port, and CD-ROM drive


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