Veho VMS-001, 20-200x Magnification USB Digital Microscope
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Model No: VMS-001
Release Date: 14/08/2008
Availability: dispatched within 1 to 2 months
Index: Digital & Electronics
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Digital Box Price: £49.99
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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.
Lots of fun, and unique  Sent: 24 December 2008
I 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 :-)
Excellent, but doesn't work with Vista 64!! Sent: 16 December 2008
Great product, works very well. But beware if you have Vista-64. It doesn't work with Vista - the drivers are not compatible.
Veho VMS-001, 20-200x Magnification USB Digital Microscope Sent: 15 December 2008
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!.
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Associated digital product categories: Cameras, Photography, Telescopes, Veho,Flip,Ixus,Cybershot,Imager,Visualiser,Genee,Presenter, VMS-001,20-200x,Magnification,USB,Digital Microscope, VMS,VMS001,001 |
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