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Thread: Intel QX3 Microscope
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04-15-2008, 10:29 PM #11
Just bevare of driver issues etc if running vista, I cross my finger hoping that this will do:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/77aa/
Guess I have it in an week or two, so then I see if vista 64bit will be supported, but guess I have to revitalise one of my old computers..
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04-16-2008, 05:19 PM #12
Check my last paragraph - the QX5 has Vista drivers... Not sure if thinkgeek.com's packaging of the QX5 will have the latest drivers and DigiBlue.com has been charging for their QX3 drivers... I would say that you might just want to order direct from DigiBlue.com.
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04-16-2008, 05:45 PM #13
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04-16-2008, 07:18 PM #14
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04-18-2008, 05:32 PM #16
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Thanked: 0I've got a qx-3 that we bought for my son years ago. It's great, but I can't use the "standard" application with it. There is some weird interaction between it and my tivo software that keeps the beginning animation from running, generating an error message, and stopping (!) the tivo server.
It works just fine, however, once you get past that, or if you use some other graphics program like photoshop.
don't waste your time with the digiblue support if you hit this issue. It's completely beyond them.
JIm
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04-18-2008, 08:39 PM #17
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04-18-2008, 08:39 PM #18
Agreed. I took the pics in Adobe Photoshop. Other than some wierdness that caused the microscope to cut off after a while, Photoshop worked great. (To get the microscope to cut back on, I had to unplug it and then re-plug it back in...)
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04-20-2008, 07:01 AM #19
So I sniped one of these on ebay lastnight and felt a little bit like I was stealing candy from a kid, being that it's a kid's toy and all. Oh well, I won the scope for like $27, was just over $40 after including shipping. They need to have a smiley with horns >=)
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04-21-2008, 06:10 AM #20
qx3 or qx5? I was looking a couple of days ago on ebay and didn't see that one. Must have been asleep! Anyway, I discovered today that my digital camera will focus through a telescope lens and I appear to be able to get ~ 100X - 150X although there are lighting and stability issues. It's cheaper than buying something else, even though I've always wanted a microscope.
I'm trying to rehone my blade after rubbing a chip out on 1k Norton, but it still isn't passing HHT. If it ever does, I'd love to get video of it at 100X!Last edited by hoglahoo; 04-21-2008 at 06:17 AM. Reason: added photo
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