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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">We purchased a USB camera for an
optical microscope: <a
href="http://www.thorlabs.com/newgrouppage9.cfm?objectgroup_id=4024&pn=DCC3240C#7072">A
Thor Labs DCC3240</a>, which has 1280x1024 resolution. The
Windows software is good, and the lag time is very small. The
price was $1225, which is high compared to web cams, but it's not
junky. The camera has a USB-3 interface, but it works perfectly
well on USB-2.<br>
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Michael Rooks
Yale Institute for Nanoscience & Quantum Engineering
nano.yale.edu
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On 08/13/2014 01:43 PM, bryan cord wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:53EBA3C5.5070703@umn.edu" type="cite">Hi All,
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We're in the process of evaluating digital cameras to add to a few
of our optical microscopes (nothing fancy, just Nikons with max
100X objectives). After some shopping around, we like the 5-8MP
Zeiss and Leica CCD offerings, but they're a bit pricey. What I'm
wondering is whether anyone has a more affordable brand of
aftermarket scope camera that they really like. My main concern
is software quality (since most low to midrange scope cameras seem
to ship with awful software), but obviously things like
signal/noise, image quality, and general usability are important
too.
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Any recommendations would be appreciated.
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-bryan
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