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This handy USB desktop microscope - 200x 1.3 Mega Pixels magnification - has a multiude of home and office uses: science education, laboratory research, computer parts examination, printing inspection, presentation tool, medical analysis, reading aid, collectables magnification to name a few. Online chat can also be achieved with the microscope's built in webcam and record features.
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In the legendary series of educational films from the 1970s, designers Charles and Ray Eames zoom out from a man resting in a park in downtown Chicago, transporting us in minutes to intergalactic space. At the point at which we reach the bounds of human knowledge, they stop... and zoom back in. Only this time, their camera doesn't stop... surveying deeper and deeper inside his skin, ultimately to the level of sub-atomic particles. Now, we're not suggesting for a second that this handy desktop 200 x magnification USB microscope will take you anywhere near sub-atomic resolution from the comfort of your own PC, but it will give you a darned good look at your skin, should you wish. Here at gadgetshop HQ we're huge admirers of Universal Serial Bus technology, as the legion of USB-compliant devices in these pages will attest. And this high-tech microscope, which offers full 1.3Mp resolution, is among the most inventive USB tool we have yet seen. With a host of pro-quality features, including variable magnification, widescreen imaging and a range of image capture options, all illuminated by 4 bright onboard LEDs, the sky (or rather, the world right in front of you) is the limit. Enabling awe-inspiring close-ups, and both still image 'snapshot' and full motion video capture, could there be a better way of passing a chill winter's evening than blowing up one's own hair follicle to the size of the Titanic? We thought not.
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37 of 38 people found the following review helpful
By Team ICDT
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I am really impressed with the Veho VMS-001. It is very easy and quick to set-up and is just as easy to use. The stand which is included is anodised metal so looks good as wellas being very sturdy. It holds the microscope firmly once locked making for a clear and steady picture and it employs two ball joints making it very flexible. The microscope itself appears well made and the clarity of the subject is excellent. Focusing is easy though when zoomed in fully you get a bit of handshake when its not in the stand but thats not the microscopes fault. The software is easy to use and there are a good amount of settings you can play with to suit your needs. Overall for under £50 you can have weeks of entertainment before you even consider letting the kids having a go. This could be my greatest ever gadget purchase and if you like gadgets, get it on your Christmas list......see what's really in that Turkey!!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By SBno1
I absolutely love this camera. Admittedly it is a gimmick and I have no real purpose for one, but what the heck.
I have uploaded some images where I have zoomed down on a tape measure so you get some idea of how close you can get.
The camera takes decent enough pictures. OK it is not a high pixel camera, but then you are hardly likely to be taking holiday snaps with it. The camera comes with a stand for steady shots, but is equally good hand held. There are 4 L.E.D lights that illuminate the subject quite well and a clear plastic lens cap which can be photographed through if necessary. The view on screen is live time and snaps can be taken by using the button on the camera or the PC. You can also record videos from it.
Focus is by means of a large smooth scrolling wheel, which, unfortunately, can only be controlled by hand. The software will allow you to switch the LEDs on/off automatically, but I found this to be a nuisance, lights on all the time seems to be just fine.
The only thing I can forsee as being a problem is the lead (1.5 m long) that exits out of the back of the camera. I can see this lead twisting around / back and forth in normal use until the wires inside snap. I am starting to see a little distortion under the sleeve now and I am very careful with cable management.
If you are likely to need to take photos of small items or zoom in to show detail then this camera is ideal. I can see it being a real bonus for Ebayers, people who want to record serial numbers and cant get a decent macro on their camera or for people who undertake watch repairs etc.
Wish I had waited for the 400x scope!
I have uploaded some images where I have zoomed down on a tape measure so you get some idea of how close you can get.
The camera takes decent enough pictures. OK it is not a high pixel camera, but then you are hardly likely to be taking holiday snaps with it. The camera comes with a stand for steady shots, but is equally good hand held. There are 4 L.E.D lights that illuminate the subject quite well and a clear plastic lens cap which can be photographed through if necessary. The view on screen is live time and snaps can be taken by using the button on the camera or the PC. You can also record videos from it.
Focus is by means of a large smooth scrolling wheel, which, unfortunately, can only be controlled by hand. The software will allow you to switch the LEDs on/off automatically, but I found this to be a nuisance, lights on all the time seems to be just fine.
The only thing I can forsee as being a problem is the lead (1.5 m long) that exits out of the back of the camera. I can see this lead twisting around / back and forth in normal use until the wires inside snap. I am starting to see a little distortion under the sleeve now and I am very careful with cable management.
If you are likely to need to take photos of small items or zoom in to show detail then this camera is ideal. I can see it being a real bonus for Ebayers, people who want to record serial numbers and cant get a decent macro on their camera or for people who undertake watch repairs etc.
Wish I had waited for the 400x scope!
31 of 33 people found the following review helpful
I guess that this is not supposed to be a technical support forum, but I found all of your reviews very helpful before I bought, to the extent that I decided not to install the product on my main machine for fear of screwing it up, but on a spare Vaio instead.
Sure enough it installed fine, but I then discovered that it stopped my 3G dongle working on that PC. Even uninstalling the microscope drivers did not get it working again.
I won't bore you with all the diagnostics, but I _really_ got the bonnet (hood) up and was down at the Windows Core API level before I dicovered that the culprit is a program called FixCamera.exe.
You will not see this running in the normal Alt-Tab sequence, but if you go into Task Manager you will see it. You will also find it in the Run section of your Registry.
To prevent the other conflicts you should End Process FixCamera.exe in Task manager.
If you know how to remove it from your Registry you should do that as well, but it does have a habit of coming back.
I trust that 100/100 of you will find this useful ;-)
Sure enough it installed fine, but I then discovered that it stopped my 3G dongle working on that PC. Even uninstalling the microscope drivers did not get it working again.
I won't bore you with all the diagnostics, but I _really_ got the bonnet (hood) up and was down at the Windows Core API level before I dicovered that the culprit is a program called FixCamera.exe.
You will not see this running in the normal Alt-Tab sequence, but if you go into Task Manager you will see it. You will also find it in the Run section of your Registry.
To prevent the other conflicts you should End Process FixCamera.exe in Task manager.
If you know how to remove it from your Registry you should do that as well, but it does have a habit of coming back.
I trust that 100/100 of you will find this useful ;-)
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Quite Cute but lousy drivers
Goods arrived promptly and well packaged. It doesn't work too well with Windows 7 64 bit, - This is not the seller's fault, at least it is the one that DOES work with a bit of... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Mr. Tim Magraw
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic fun, value for money...and GREAT for kids!
This was bought for my 2 boys at Xmas, and what a hit it's been! This is an excellent microscope for children for several reasons: you have no slides to worry about; the lens is... Read more
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