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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;spazmodic, post: 1735205, member: 55417&quot;]I just bought a &quot;USB Microscope - 5.0 Megapixel / 220x magnification / 8 LEDs&quot;&nbsp; from adafruit.com&nbsp;&nbsp; The bottom line is, it work&#039;s but there are some challenges.&nbsp; I bought it because it was one of the few with</p><p>Windows 7 64 bit drivers and it claimed to be 5mb pics.</p><p><br /></p><p>Initial challenge is that the dvd driver is half size and I wouldnt&#039; go in my all in one DVD where you slide it in rather than pull out a dvd tray.&nbsp; I ended up having to copy the dvd to an external drive and load from</p><p>there.</p><p><br /></p><p>The major problem though, is that it works great for everything except coins.&nbsp; They just reflect the light far to much and you get a shiny UFO kind of image.&nbsp;&nbsp; Average image size is about 700k.&nbsp;&nbsp; I also have a problem when</p><p>I connect it up that it for some reason takes about 200 pics to start with...</p><p><br /></p><p>Pros:&nbsp;&nbsp; Fairly adjustable,&nbsp; stand works ok, light adjuster</p><p>Cons:&nbsp; Sensitive to which USB port you use (otherwise wont find it)&nbsp; manual focus,&nbsp; not great pics.&nbsp;&nbsp; An example pic below taken just a minute ago of a coin and a memory dimm to demonstrate the reflectivity.</p><p><br /></p><p>Summary, I think they might be good for close inspection of coins, not so sure about pictures.</p><p>[ATTACH]272082.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]272083.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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