Do you have to have webcam software installed on your computer for this to operate as a microscope?
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Don't need any software at all for Mac.. works very well with Photo Booth. Try it.
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The magnification, focus and lighting is manually dialed in, so most any webcam software can be used for the purposes of just viewing. And they do provide viewing software free with the digital microscope, which actually seemed to work better than any of the free webcam software I could find (and it listens to the "take picture" button).
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Yes, I use the Microcapture software that came with the microscope in a Windows 7 system. It works fine - no problems.
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Hi there,Yes, you do need some kind of webcam software in order to view the images through the microscope. We recommend using 3rd party webcam software for Macs, but on Windows the Microcapture software that comes with the microscope would work well.EllenPlugable Support
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MANUFACTURER ANSWER: Thanks for asking! Yes, however, Macs have Photo Booth built in which works well, for Windows 8 has a built in camera viewer program. We recommend the MicroCapture software that our Microscope comes with.
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Yes, but you need a separate program for it. I don't still have the disc for it (did it even come with a disc?) but Skype saw it as a normal webcam in Win7 64bit. I happened to try this out just yesterday.
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When you opened the box it should have a disk in it. When you load the disk all the necessary files to run the microscope will be loaded on your computer. I've loaded it on a Compaq laptop and a gateway desktop both without any problems. Once you install the disk and it loads then plug in the microscope turn on the light and press the red button to start the program,after that press the red to capture a picture. I hope this helps.
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You can see real-time images on the computer but the refresh rate is slow. The usb camera on the microscope was a little disappointing as it was more like seeing an image from a web cam back in the early 2000's so any movement is blurred if it shows up at all. The microscope itself has been great but I am looking at ways to install a new digital camera as the one that came installed is not worth the money.
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You just have to plug it in to the usb, no software needed. It works really good. I bought a headset with a microphone as well since the webcam does not have one.
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Yeah, just bought this webcam and have the same problem with it not showing up in "My Computer." I
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Yes, it is recognized as a standard USB webcam, so you can it with any modern OS. You can use any software that allows you to see the image from a webcam.
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There are digital cameras made specifically for use with microscopes that you can connect to you computer. To use them, you would remove the eyepiece from the microscope and replace it with the digital camera. If you have an SLR type camera that you would want to use, there are microscope adapters available, usually specific to the camera brand you want to use. Amazon should have a selection of microscope cameras and SLR adapters, for which ever way you choose to go.
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Yes it has a webcam. No I would not recommend this desktop. Windows 8 sucks big time.
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Sorry don't really, know. What I do know is that after initally working with windows xp, the software started using the laptops built in camera as the video source rather than the inspection camera. As of yet I have not been able to make it go back to the inspection camera. While it worked it worked well, other than it is a little floppy, so when you put it in a small hole, it is somewhat hard to control direction.
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Hi Melissa, I have no problems with the computer, but you should be able to connect your web cam
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Also, I see some folks saying that third party software is required...this is not true. The webpage built into the camera allows you to record to the local computer that the webpage is brought up on...ok so no, you don't need another software, unless you want to record as a DVR or NVR, meaning the webpage doesn't have to be up, but the DVR/NVR application has to be running.
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Theoretically yes. I have an android box, that brought with Creative Labs webcam. However webcam has no zoom function, and I'm looking for software that would zoom my camera.
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No. Think of the microscope just like a webcam you'd plug into your PC. Your USB camera, microscope, and USB stick are all peripheral devices and need a master/host device to read/take data from them. It would be like trying to plug your webcam into your memory stick (aside from the fact that the connectors would not allow it, even if you just plugged them both into a USB hub, you still need a PC). And honestly, it is more complicated than all that anyway. You'll need the software Omax supplies with the microscope to run on your PC to take the camera data from the microscope, format it, process it, etc. Only after that can you save the data off into either JPG or BMP formats for pictures or WMV (I might have the video format wrong) for video. And FWIW, trying to anticipate your next question, while not familiar with many tablets other than the few I own (but there are many and the definition seems blurred), I have not seen a tablet that could do it. If you want to use the camera, you will need whatever hosts the microscope to be a Windows PC running Windows 7. I cannot speak for whether later versions of windows work.
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not directly, the optional camera can capture an image and then use it but the Microscope itself cannot connect directly to a PC. It is still an awesome value...
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you need to hook the Zoomy to a computer for it to work. Meaning you need a computer screen. It is an "electronic" microscope and won't work without being attached to a computer with the software they provide.
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No, it does not have a web cam. I also thought it didn't have legitimate Windows software, but when I called the seller they were able to help me input the activation code in the proper way. When the security scan was run it authenticated as a genuine version of Windows 7.