dharris59 Posted September 29, 2016 Posted September 29, 2016 Hi, Not sure which is the best forum to ask here so I have placed in Science News. I am looking for some sort of digital microscope for my son that is easy transport and provides reasonable quality images and accuracy. He has an iphone and I found a website that sells a range of microscope parts and microscope kits and discovered thay sell an iphone adapter that clips on somehow and turns your iphone into a microscope. Is this a toy or does it actually work well as a microscope? the website is call proscope The digital microscope iphone adapter I am looking to buy is http://proscopedigital.com/product/digital-microscope-kit-iphone-6-plus/ I would appreciate any feedback or other recommendations. Thanks David
swansont Posted September 29, 2016 Posted September 29, 2016 We have a USB proscope for our lab and it's OK. Up to 200x magnification with the swappable lenses (I remember seeing one used on the CSI TV show). I know they make a bluetooth or wifi version that can be used with mobile devices. I imagine the clip-on version is not quite as powerful, but will work. It's a legit company — these aren't toys. There are a number of companies that make clip-on lenses to enhance the phone's camera, and those include macro lenses, which really aren't microscopes. I think the main drawback here is that it physically clips onto the phone, so if you get a new phone with different dimensions, you're out of luck.
StringJunky Posted September 29, 2016 Posted September 29, 2016 (edited) You could try Googling reviews on the model you want. Put the name of the model then reviews. Better to get opinions from the people that have bought them. Edited September 29, 2016 by StringJunky 1
imatfaal Posted September 29, 2016 Posted September 29, 2016 Digital Zoom Magnification Range of 20x to 80x This line from the specs bugs me a little. Digital zoom normally means a just enlarging a small section of the ccd image - what you want is optical zoom ie lenses. I wonder if it is a mislabelling. I presume it means a x20 magnification lens suitable for close focus and the rest is just using the native iphone zooming. But a x20 mag lens with a iphone camera backing it up sounds very nice all the same. Per others I would check other places on web. Also learning to use an old fashioned microscope is quite fun and you can probably pick up for a couple of quid nowdays - or even make a simple one
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