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Started By Ants4fun , Apr 9 2015 1:41 PM
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#1 Offline Ants4fun - Posted April 9 2015 - 1:41 PM

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I found this awesome deal on amazon! http://www.amazon.co...=usb microscope With up to 500x zoom and a 5 megapixel camera, for just $22, is pretty good! I thought I would use it to finally take some nice pics of ants!

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#2 Offline Crystals - Posted April 9 2015 - 1:49 PM

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Not a bad price.  That is digital magnification, not actual magnification.

Looks like it works with several operating systems, but not Windows 7(64 bit) or windows 8.

 

Similar to this one: http://www.dx.com/p/...15#.VSbzfuFYWSp

 

I quite like the cheap USB microscopes.  You have no fear of breaking them.  :D


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#3 Offline Foogoo - Posted April 9 2015 - 1:59 PM

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I believe mine is the DX one and it operates as a USB camera so I'm just using VLC and going to "Open Camera Stream" in the File options. I'm assuming the software is to use the button on the microscope which I'm guessing is to capture, but VLC's capture command works fine. So chances are, you'd still be able to use it with Windows 7/8/10/3.1.  :)


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#4 Offline Ants4fun - Posted April 9 2015 - 2:00 PM

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oops didn't realize that! There are a more though for a couple dollars more that support windows 7!


#5 Offline AntLover101 - Posted April 9 2015 - 2:07 PM

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Could you post a link of the one that supports windows 7. I might buy one :)

Edited by AntLover101, April 9 2015 - 2:18 PM.

I wanna get my hands on some Campontus Pennsylvanicus or Ponera Pennsylvanica Queens!:D

#6 Offline Ants4fun - Posted April 9 2015 - 2:27 PM

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http://www.amazon.co...8617867&sr=1-28


#7 Offline AntLover101 - Posted April 9 2015 - 2:30 PM

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Thank You
I wanna get my hands on some Campontus Pennsylvanicus or Ponera Pennsylvanica Queens!:D

#8 Offline Ants4fun - Posted April 9 2015 - 2:32 PM

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Yup! I myself got the 1000x version!


#9 Offline AntLover101 - Posted April 9 2015 - 2:34 PM

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I wanna get my hands on some Campontus Pennsylvanicus or Ponera Pennsylvanica Queens!:D

#10 Offline kellakk - Posted April 9 2015 - 2:37 PM

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I got an extremely similar microscope on ebay for $15.  There's always listings of them there, so if you're lucky you can get one of them for even less than what I paid.


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#11 Offline dspdrew - Posted April 9 2015 - 3:25 PM

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It's drivers that you need to worry about when it comes to OS compatibility. The newer versions of Windows usually have drivers for most devices though.


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