Originally Posted by
asbjorn
But beware that QX* is not an holy grail, if you can get optical results that you are pleased with on the telescope, stick with that. the QX* is an toy, and behaves like a toy.
The lighting is extremely bad, I cannot understand why the would not implement battery operated LED's instead of using the power from USB, and because of that you have to choose to use light under or over, not both.
Joe Perri at B&B used an lightbox for photos (I think, the ones you use when you sort your dias) so you get lighting under, and a hefty LED flashlight to provide light on top. I have tesdted with some LED's here, and do get some shots, but it is tricky, requires some work.
And the focus.. ah the focus.. :), cheap plastic thingy with which you move the object up and down, and when doing so the object moves all around.
And the software, the snapshots are stored in some *.SMP files, looks somewhat specific for this application, so you have to export one and one picture, tedious..
But hey, it's cheap.. and I guess the kids love it! :) (and we.. )