ANTSTORE World of Ants

[odesssus]

has any one used a usb micoscope to look at there ants i have seen one cheap and im thinking of getting one.

[Mgdi]

hi
yes, only problem with these cheap ones is that it can magnify only 20x or 200x (or 400x)...
anything in between is blurred

anyway 20x is quite enough

[odesssus]

thank you mgdi

[Gozza]

Aye, usb microscopes are ideal. I've been able to make some great videos with my DigiMicro Scale 2.0. The drivers used to be a problem but the latest from win7 work very good, and it's also usable as a simple plug and play usb webcam. You can check out an example of the quality here: Hyperlinks sind nur für registrierte Nutzer sichtbar

There's also a range of usb microscopes from Dino-Lite that seem to be doing quite well.

[greydirk18]

After I've read your post guys, I think i'm going to buy 1 to help me observe the ants better. I'll search ebay now.

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[insanebe]

some usb microscopes,

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demonstration of one of the microscopes,

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[bugbarb]

Digital blue makes a line of "toy" digital microscopes. They are great for looking at bugs, but not for the cellular level. You can buy them for around $100 USD on EBAY. Qx3 is th older model. I believe there is a Qx4 and Qx5. You can take still pictures, short video and time lapse video. If you have an old compputer, the Qx3 will work on it. If you have a newer computer, you must have the 4 or 5 model.