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Veho VMS-001, 20-200x Magnification USB Digital Microscope | |
Brand: Veho EAN: 0094922166784 Label: Veho Manufacturer: Veho Model: VMS-001 Publisher: Veho Release Date: August 14, 2008 Sales Rank: 1075 Studio: Veho Features:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: In the legendary series of educational films from the 1970s, designers Charles and Ray Eames zoom out from a man resting in a park in downtown Chicago, transporting us in minutes to intergalactic space. At the point at which we reach the bounds of human knowledge, they stop... and zoom back in. Only this time, their camera doesn't stop... surveying deeper and deeper inside his skin, ultimately to the level of sub-atomic particles. Now, we're not suggesting for a second that this handy desktop 200 x magnification USB microscope will take you anywhere near sub-atomic resolution from the comfort of your own PC, but it will give you a darned good look at your skin, should you wish. Here at gadgetshop HQ we're huge admirers of Universal Serial Bus technology, as the legion of USB-compliant devices in these pages will attest. And this high-tech microscope, which offers full 1.3Mp resolution, is among the most inventive USB tool we have yet seen. With a host of pro-quality features, including variable magnification, widescreen imaging and a range of image capture options, all illuminated by 4 bright onboard LEDs, the sky (or rather, the world right in front of you) is the limit. Enabling awe-inspiring close-ups, and both still image 'snapshot' and full motion video capture, could there be a better way of passing a chill winter's evening than blowing up one's own hair follicle to the size of the Titanic? We thought not. Veho See more information on Veho VMS-001, 20-200x Magnification USB Digital Microscope at Amazon UK or at Amazon.com Average Rating:  Rating:  - Not a good experience for MacintoshPowerbook G4 OS 10.3.9 I purchased this item for Christmas and spent many many hours trying to get it to function as it should. The mini disc fits the packaging well but I had to pay a small amount to get it copied to standard 12cm. On opening the disc for a Mac user there is only the limited 'webcam software on it, it did work, however the led's will not function with the webcam software so it is very limited in function with high magnification. The microcapture software for Macintosh downloaded from Veho site refused to function despite spending a lot of time configuring, reading instructions, and trying various ways. This software is essential for operating led's and using the various functions available through it. This probably is a great and useful tool but much work needed on the software I think. I have sent it back. Rating:  - Lots of fun, and uniqueI just got one of these as a gift. It's a lot of fun. I had to get the Mac software from the Veho website - definitely would NOT try to put the mini-CD supplied into my slot-loading CD drive - but once it was installed (just a couple of files to copy) the microscope "just worked" on OS X 10.5. Basically you can capture short Quicktime videos or JPEGs from the camera... it needs a fair bit of light though. Surprisingly small and feels a little delicate but it seems solid. You adjust the focus with the silver thumbwheel on the top, which works well. One point to note is that it saves files to the root directory of your hard disk, which I've emailed them about, that should really be configurable or default to your home directory. Not sure how often I will find a practical purpose for this but I produce video and photo content for the web so it's a handy little device, and great fun to play around with. I'm off to find something to take pictures of :-) Rating:  - Excellent, but doesn't work with Vista 64!!Great product, works very well. But beware if you have Vista-64. It doesn't work with Vista - the drivers are not compatible. Rating: - Veho VMS-001, 20-200x Magnification USB Digital Microscope Veho VMS-001, 20-200x Magnification USB Digital Microscope A excellent bit of kit if you are moderately computer literate. The manual both in electronic and hard copy form is pretty lousy. The 20x to 200x variable magnification does exist but the manuals do not tell you that the preview must be set to to 680 X 480 to achieve it. I found the answer to this on the trouble shooting area of the veho website. It should be in the manuals by now, please note veho!. Rating: - Close (-up), but no cigarThis is not fully Macintosh compatible. If you're a Mac' user and I am, it works OK - but only just. The software (supplied on a 3" CD which won't work with a Mac' slot-loading drive) is extremely poor. That the driver has to be downloaded from the Veho site and the resulting file names need to be changed to enable the Mac' to open the installer correctly, is amateur. More importantly, the LEDs of the USB microscope which illuminate the subject cannot be turned on with the Mac'. It could have been a much better Mac' experience had someone at Veho considered the software. Veho_VMS-001,_20-200x_MagnificationVeho VMS-001, 20-200x Magnification USB Digital Microscope | |
