Nimravis Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Like @JohnBrewer , I also purchased a new toy from AmScope. I purchased Item #UHM350-11 "Tabletop Digital Microscope with Variable Working Distance and 11" Articulating Arm". This piece also have two LED lighting rings.This was a great purchase for $270.00 and about 1000 times better that the $20 Plugable USB Microscope that I purchased before. I set it up and unfortunately I do not have an Micro SD card to capture the pics. I am not tech savy, so I will have to study it for a bit and see if I can actually hook it up to mu computer. Right now I have it hooked up to my TV with the "provided" HDMI cable. I took a few pics and will post below- I will use a pic that I made with my I Phone and then I will show pics from the microscope. WARNING- I took the pics off of my TV with my phone, so they will not be as sharp as I am seeing it live. Hopefully they will look great when saved on a Micro card. I Phone Pic Picture shot off of the TV Here is a great example of a Mazon Creek concretion with 2- Sea Cucumber mouths. I Phone Pic- 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 Pic from TV- Zoomed up on one mouth- 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 I Phone pic of Brach with crystals- Pics from TV- 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 How marvelous! These are great pictures, even from the TV. Bit of practice and the right card and these will be astounding. What a great puchase. Congratulations. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 10 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: How marvelous! These are great pictures, even from the TV. Bit of practice and the right card and these will be astounding. What a great puchase. Congratulations. Thanks Adam, I was really surprised at the quality, next time I need to get closer to the fossil and see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Great tool hours of fun . Very nice indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 14 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said: Great tool hours of fun . Very nice indeed That is what I am worried about Bobby, I don't want to spend all of my time taking pics, I only want to use it on a limited basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimin013 Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Awesome results very nice thanks for sharing! I have also been thinking of buying a microscope to capture the details in my fossils but I still haven't decided on a make/model yet. I want one to capture the small details in some of my really tiny dinosaur teeth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediospirifer Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Very nice! As others have said, given the right card/direct computer link, the stored images should be impressive. As it is, I'm reminded of this: LINK. Congrats on a cool purchase! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bobby Rico Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 1 hour ago, Nimravis said: That is what I am worried about Bobby, I don't want to spend all of my time taking pics, I only want to use it on a limited basis. Every thing in moderation my friend. Enjoy great buy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 This is the first item I've seen on here that I felt I had to have. Sold on it by your demonstration above. Thanks for including information and site name. 1 "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 2 hours ago, Mediospirifer said: As it is, I'm reminded of this Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 55 minutes ago, Innocentx said: This is the first item I've seen on here that I felt I had to have. Sold on it by your demonstration above. Thanks for including information and site name. I am not positive if it will connect to my computer, but with it plugged into the hdmi on the TV and using an SD card I should be able to transfer them to my computer- At least it sounds like it’ll work LOL.At least it sounds like it’ll work LOL. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediospirifer Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 I looked the model up (LINK) and it's listed as a USB-compatible scope. It should connect to your computer just fine. Did it come with a cable or software? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 4 hours ago, Nimravis said: That is what I am worried about Bobby, I don't want to spend all of my time taking pics, I only want to use it on a limited basis. Nope, sorry my friend, you've been sucked into a whole other dimensional world. You're a lost cause now! You know what they say... "Once you go micro, you never go back!" Really nice photos, even taken off of a TV screen! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 57 minutes ago, Mediospirifer said: I looked the model up (LINK) and it's listed as a USB-compatible scope. It should connect to your computer just fine. Did it come with a cable or software? Yes- it came with a USB that you power it with and an HDMI cable, maybe the USB will do both- I will have to try. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 My laptop, which is pretty old, has an hdmi slot. Worth a look. Maybe you could get a hdmi pc card if your graphics card doesn’t have one. John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 Thanks I will check it out, it might have a slot on the back of my desktop, it is only a couple years old. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediospirifer Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Try the USB first. If your computer doesn't know how to handle it (Windows has a camera wizard built-in that might play nicely with the scope), drop a note to Amscope and ask their advice. My Celestron digital microscopes (yes, I have two) came with software (and were a lot cheaper! But not as good image quality.), as well as cables. Your scope should have come with everything you need. Try it out, and good luck! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 14, 2019 Author Share Posted January 14, 2019 2 hours ago, Mediospirifer said: Try the USB first. If your computer doesn't know how to handle it (Windows has a camera wizard built-in that might play nicely with the scope), drop a note to Amscope and ask their advice. My Celestron digital microscopes (yes, I have two) came with software (and were a lot cheaper! But not as good image quality.), as well as cables. Your scope should have come with everything you need. Try it out, and good luck! Thank you- they did say it should work and I will try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 14, 2019 Author Share Posted January 14, 2019 2 hours ago, Mediospirifer said: Try the USB first. If your computer doesn't know how to handle it (Windows has a camera wizard built-in that might play nicely with the scope), drop a note to Amscope and ask their advice. My Celestron digital microscopes (yes, I have two) came with software (and were a lot cheaper! But not as good image quality.), as well as cables. Your scope should have come with everything you need. Try it out, and good luck! It works- Whoo Hooo-. I just took a couple quick pics of Mississippian hash plates. I just need to play around with settings, etc. Thanks Again 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediospirifer Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Very nice!!! That's quite the microfossil hash. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 14, 2019 Author Share Posted January 14, 2019 21 minutes ago, Mediospirifer said: Very nice!!! That's quite the microfossil hash. It also works great for tiny ray teeth from Shark Tooth Hill. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediospirifer Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Sweet! Now you just need to figure out image stacking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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