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So, against my better judgment, I impulse bought a USB microscope/camera on buy.com for $25 the other day...
It came in the mail, and after searching for a few minutes to get decent drivers for it online, I decided to test it out snapping some photos of some eggs I had developing...
The resolution gets much higher, but i haven't played with all of the settings yet... first glance at 640x480, the pictures are pretty cool! Definitely not a scientific tool, but it's a fun toy.
In the future, I'll figure out a better way to light it than using the on board LEDs so I don't get so much glare in the egg jelly. also, focusing is difficult because you have to hold on to the microscope while you twist a wheel that is super stiff...
-brett
It came in the mail, and after searching for a few minutes to get decent drivers for it online, I decided to test it out snapping some photos of some eggs I had developing...
The resolution gets much higher, but i haven't played with all of the settings yet... first glance at 640x480, the pictures are pretty cool! Definitely not a scientific tool, but it's a fun toy.
In the future, I'll figure out a better way to light it than using the on board LEDs so I don't get so much glare in the egg jelly. also, focusing is difficult because you have to hold on to the microscope while you twist a wheel that is super stiff...
-brett


