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Valued Member
United States
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Who has a digital microscope with camera? How much does it cost? Is it easy to make good coin photos with it? I am about to give up on my Kodak Easyshare C763 camera simply because I can't get it focus clearly. I don't want to spend $800 for a quality Nikon camera. Maybe a microscope would be advisable. Any comments?
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New Member
United States
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Hi: Check out the Big-C you may want to do a search on this site about them.. they sell a product called the Dino-lite ( I think that is what it is called. They are not cheap but people seem to be happy with them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hi, I have both a decent Nikon dSLR w/macro lens, and a cheap digital microscope (DigitalBlue QX5). For the closeup work I do, both provide slightly different results (below), but in terms of cost-effectiveness you cannot beat a $80 QX5 over my $1000+ Nikon setup. The QX5 has less control over the digital captures, but it's still quite good on general detail. The major downside is you cannot zoom out far enough to capture the whole coin. Here is a comparison between my Nikon D70S and the QX5 on the same coin detail, used here in an overdate analysis. Nikon D70S with Nikkor 60mm macro lens:  QX5:  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Great pic, Kurt. I wonder what else that digital microscope can be used on...  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Big-byte I use an easy share c743 and though sometimes the pictures I take are blurry.... that's more my unsteadiness than the camera. For really close detail I just hold a magnifying glass over the lens and use macro and take the picture. I mean I realize that sounds weird but it works and you wouldn't have to spend anymore than maybe 10 bucks or so for a 10x magnifier. I get some pretty decent pics that way.    |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
603 Posts |
Just a heads up tho, digital blue products (QX5 and Smithsonian scopes) are not yet compatable with windows vista, so don't buy yet if you have or are going to get vista. Customer Service said they are working on it, but didn't know when a workaround would be available.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Thanks for the information cpfull I was in the process of buying another QX5 but I'll hold off until I know Vista will work with the microscope regards Harry  |
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Moderator
 United States
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As far as I know Digital Blue has a Vista patch; you just have to email them for it. I've heard (seen?) people talk about it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
603 Posts |
I think I am partially wrong now that you say that. I have 64-bit Vista, and it doesn't detect the driver software on hte disc, or something. If there is a different Vista I think it has a patch. I will call again tommorrow to make sure tho.
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Valued Member
Canada
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I have one of those cheapie 200x digital microscopes sold on ebay (about $60 US). It takes decent photos, though it requires patience. You often have to manually adjust it to get good shots, and play around with lighting... It takes the best photos during daylight :) For $60, you get what you pay for. Edited by gawd0wns
02/10/2009 11:11 pm
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Valued Member
Canada
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I forgot to add a few samples: These shots are the best of my best, and took me many attempts (The one on the bottom was taken with daylight  The other two were at night). I rarely get shots this good.. though I don't use my microscope very often either.    Edited by gawd0wns
02/10/2009 11:20 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I just bought an Intel QX3 and I cannot use it on VISTA or LINIX on my other PC.
If anyone knows where to get the drivers for stuff like this. Please help!
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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G'Day all received the patch for the QX5 and it didn't work with the Vista  ,the only thing to do is go back to the Windows XP  that way I know it works  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yeah, I have a second hard drive in my spare PC with XP on it. I guess I'll have to mess with BIOS and hook up the ribbon cable just to use the microscope. LOL!
Just another thing to add to my list of things to do.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10284 Posts |
Thank you Southern Yankee, I shall give it a try now. I'll edit with results. Late edit: NO LUCK ... I think switching Hard Drive over to XP is my only hope. Southern Yankee thanks for trying though, that is GREATLY APPRECIATED! Edited by TNG
02/11/2009 10:08 pm
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