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Easy to Use!
Step 1
Slide the camera mount directly into your microscope's eyepiece tube (fits 23.2mm, 30mm, 30.5mm Eyepiece Tube)
Step 2
Connect the USB cord to your computer's USB 2.0 port
Step 3
Begin streaming live videos or taking still pictures in full color
Packing list
- 1 5MP Digital Eyepiece Camera
- 1 USB 2.0 cable
- 1 Software USB flash disk
- 1Φ23.2-Φ30.5mm Eyepiece tube adapter
- 1 Φ23.2-Φ30mm Eyepiece tube adapter
Features
Camera features:
- Mounting size: 23.2mm, 30mm, 30.5mm Eyepiece Tube
- Megapixels: 5.1MP
- CMOS image sensor size: 1/2.5 inch
- Maximum Resolution: 2592x1944
- Frame rate: 2592x1944 @30fps | 1280x960 @30fps | 640x480 @30fps
- Responsivity: 0.53V/lux-sec
- Signal-to-noise ratio: 42dB
- Dynamic Range: 66dB
Compatible operating systems:
- Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10 ,11(32 and 64 bit)
- OSx(Mac OS X)
- Linux
Colleen
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2025
This little camera exceeded all my expectations. I received the software on a usb flash drive (thank you Swift!), no need to download software. I installed it on Win 11, everything works perfectly. The software surprised me too, it is packed with features and the interface is quite intuitive. I highly recommend this.
Engineer
Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2025
First, the free software is quite incredible in terms of features and performance. It is professional grade. I didn't expect that. The image quality of the sensor is pretty good, as well. However, there are a few drawbacks. The sensor size is small, so the field of view is about 1/4 of what your eye can see. But this explains the low cost. Also, the adapter tubes don't have a lock, so the camera can rotate around inside as the USB cable is moved. Lastly, since it is USB 2.0, the frame rate at 5MP resolution is maybe 10 or 15 fps. But since I am looking at motionless things, that doesn't matter for me.
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on June 5, 2024
Like to see objects on laptop.
Charles
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2024
Works out of the box on Windows 10 with Swift Stereo Zoom microscope. It would cost a lot more for a better setup. It has excellent resolution and accurate color reproduction. My only quibble is that it magnifies, so there is less field of view, and I have to add a reduction lens to the objective. Overall, it works fine for a hobbyist like me.
GP
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2024
What a disappointment!! I bought this camera because I already have the microscope from the same brand and is excellent. But this camera has a very poor performance in terms of image quality, speed response and field of view. What a waste of money....don't buy it, better go for the expensive one with reduction/adapter lens.
isme
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2024
.... Autofocus? On a microscope camera?No... Really?! Frustrated.Okay the picture is pretty nice when it does focus, and looks like about a 25X magnification but it's a rectangular picture with sides of it cut off to make it fit the screen. But this also means you lose a lot of real estate on the optical field. That's not great. After working with this thing a few times over the last couple of months I regret that I did not return it immediately. I will probably continue to use it for some things but I'm finding that I get better results by holding my camera up to the eyepiece. I guess I should have forked over the $300 for the good one.
BigB
Reviewed in Canada on October 6, 2023
This camera works well for basic microscopy imaging. The included software (Swift view, which is repackaged ImageView software) is easy to operate and has many useful features in it. You can control exposure and other camera settings, allowing more control over the captured image than previous ocular cameras I've owned. The small size makes this easy to add to a microscope setup without adding bulk to the system. As the CMOS chip is placed close to where the ocular lens is focused, the microscope remains fairly parfocal when you change lenses - a big improvement over my old ocular lens where the camera is positioned well behind that focal point, meaning that changing lenses also required significant refocusing of the camera. For the price, this is a great camera.
Steven
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2022
I have five of these and they all work fine right out of the box. I haven't had any trouble getting the "EasyView" software working on any computer. The software - true to name - is definitely easy to use. I got the first of these cameras about 7 months ago so I don't know how long they will last, but for now they all work fairly well. They work perfectly for what they are designed for: allowing entry-level microscopists to acquire digital photos of things like cheek cells, plant cells, aquatic microorganisms, pollen, etc. If you're trying to quantify the membrane invaginations in mitochondria during oxidative stress, this camera (and the microscopes it would work with) is obviously not for you.It's worth noting that, if you're putting one of these on a $100 - $500 microscope and looking at samples with 2000x magnification, the limiting factor in your picture quality will almost certainly be in the lenses of your microscope and not in the quality of the image aquired by the camera. You can do a rough back-of-the-envelope calculation to prove to yourself that you are losing details due to the diffraction limitations of light and not insufficient pixels in the camera. You will not be able to clearly see sub-micron features in a cell with this camera.In the representative pictures that I posted, it should be noted that the ciliate was travelling quite quickly relative to the field of view, hence the lack of absolute clarity in the picture. The hibiscus pollen is fairly large relative to the depth of view, so obviously I was not able to get the entire sample in-focus. The latter problem could have been overcome by aquiring multiple images in different focal planes and making a focal stack (something worth trying if you have a hard time getting your samples in-focus).Again, I've bought 5 of these cameras and they all work great. Zero problems right out of the box. Limitations to the resolution are much more likely to be due to the quality of your microscope or your sample preparation and not due to insufficiencies with the camera itself. Basically: you are getting exactly what you buy!
Ocean_caBC
Reviewed in Canada on February 24, 2022
VIDEO WILL BE YELLOWISH TINTED.NOT GOOD FOR ANY SERIOUS LAB USE.REFRESH RATE IS ALSO VERY LOW,DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME ON IT.
CD
Reviewed in Canada on April 10, 2022
Looks like camera is probably fine for a quick and basic microscope camera - which is what I was looking for, not needing or expecting high optical performance. Shipping was fast. Spent over 2 hours trying to get it to work on 2 different Windows 10 PCs. Supplied software cannot find the camera after installation... and rebooting PCs and uninstall/install, checking for updates etc.. After looking at system hardware and driver settings I could see it recognised as a USB audio webcam device at one point. I had had enough at that point and did not want to waste more time poking around with registry settings etc. to find out what was wrong, so returned it for full refund, no problem. Appears software is quite old and must have incompatibilities with current windows 10 and seems it is not maintained to stay compatible.
Rick
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2021
This fits perfectly into my Swift SW380T microscope. Drop it into the top prism tubing, connect the cable to it and your computer, load the software on disk, and you will get great high-resolution pictures on your computer screen to snap a picture from. Had to wait almost a month to get it, so I assumed it came from China, but it was well worth the wait......I love it!
Greg
Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2019
The camera works well with crisp images, although as others mentioned the refresh rate is frustratingly slow. For promised and included Mac OSX, note that the software comes on a 3-inch CD which is nearly impossible to access from a mac and it is apparently not available anywhere I could find for download. I did find that I can use the camera through Quick Time Player and the QuickCamera app, and then capture photos as screen shots. This works, but lacks the expected image control abilities. It is quite effective to display live images on an attached computer displayed through one of those Apps for several people to view at once.
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