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10 Responses to “ Celestron 44302 Handheld Digital Microscope ”

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   K. Linder on October 23, 2009 at 8:08 am

   I purchased this microscope to be able to examine coins a lot closer and take photos. It works just as advertised. Led’s reflect in the picture if the coin is inside a reflective surface(plastic case, etc).
   Rating: 5 / 5
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   Matthew E. Dirckx on October 23, 2009 at 10:56 am

   I use this microscope in my research work to take a quick look at small features (10′s to 100′s of micrometers) on micro-milled metal parts. Because the refresh rate of the image is a little slow, it is tricky to get in focus. That said, this camera is useful for quick, basic inspection. Color balance and light levels are not great, but can be adjusted in software if needed.
   
   This would not replace a good microscope with a good camera, but it is a good option if you’re on a budget.
   Rating: 4 / 5
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   Scott James on October 23, 2009 at 11:57 am

   works well, takes still and movie images. a little touchy on the focus, a bit like cheap binoculars, but it works once you get the hang of it. I also wanted to setup on Linux, but the imaging chip is not standard. I inquired with Celstron and their technical support line replied that it’s proprietary. Oh well, at least it works well under windows. I have example images and movie of insects from my garden at mentalfest dot blogspot dot com. Overall, I feel it’s a good value for personal hobby use.
   Rating: 4 / 5
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   sad xmas on December 25, 2009 at 7:16 pm

   Skip it if you have a Mac for there is no Mac support. Using webcam software as mentioned at their website means you will only be accessing a fraction of the camera’s resolution.
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   Sehrgut on January 3, 2010 at 3:46 am

   I picked this up at Fry’s and am giddy with glee over it! It works (contrary to the previous poster’s experience) OOB with Ubuntu 8.10. The “shot” button isn’t supported natively but a) it’s a USB input-class button that I’m going to write a trivial driver for (it just sends button-down and button-up events), and b) you don’t want to have to touch/disturb the scope to take a shot most of the time anyway, so just use the “capture” command in your image capture software.
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   christalm on June 26, 2010 at 1:42 pm

   I got this to examine and document benthic macroinvertibrates in the field using my Macintosh laptop. I quickly found that it works with a variety of software. I am getting the best results from QuickTime Player Pro, which lets me select the camera’s native format for video capture — Photo – JPEG, 1280 x 1024, Millions
   Linear PCM, 24 bit little-endian signed integer, 2 channels, 44100 Hz. I should be able to grab still images out of the short movies I will take of specimens.
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   led on October 26, 2010 at 9:47 pm

   Hi, i must say fantastic site you have, i stumbled across it in Bing. Does you get much traffic?
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   Shari @ Celestron Shop on November 2, 2010 at 12:05 am

   Hello, just wandered by. I have a Celestron site. Lots of information out there. Not quite what i was looking for, but interesting page. Take care.
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   Admin on November 8, 2010 at 12:00 pm

   not really
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