Carson MM-200 Carson Micromax LED 60X-100X LED Lighted Pocket Microscope
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- LED lighted
- Runs on 3 SG3 Button Cell Batteries (Included)
- Power and zoom controls
- weighs 7.2 ounce
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The MM-200 micromax led from carson optical is a powerful 60-100x power magnification pocket microscope with an extremely lightweight and portable design. This pocket microscope features a built-in LED light that provides a bright, clear image and a rubberized eyepiece for comfortable viewing. The micromax led fits easily in your Pocket so you can bring it with you anywhere.Lightweight and portable, the Carson MM-200 MicroMax pocket microscope is ideal for on-the-go science. The MicroMax offers
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Celestron 1600X LCD Deluxe Digital Microscope
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- Built-in Digital Camera
- Image Capture Capability – Snapshots and Video
- Quadruple Nosepiece with 4x/10x/20x/40x Objective Lenses
- SD Card Slot (uses optional SD Cards up to 4GB)
- Dual Focus (Coarse and Fine)
Microscopes
Celestron 1,600X LCD Digital Microscope with built – in 3.5″ touch screen and digital camera. Give curious eyes the tools to explore their world! This amazing Microscope is ready to send a young mind into the realms beyond visible sight. Small mysteries are magnified up to 1,600 times to reveal up-close details like never before… and it’s all shown in perfect clarity on the 3.5″ LCD screen! Even better, you can capture the action using the built-in digital camera, and save the image for sharin
Celestron 1600X LCD Deluxe Digital Microscope
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The new generation of Digital Microscopes from Leica Microsystems opens new horizons in mobility and speed to support R&D and Quality Control. Our Microscopes combine high end optics with innovative digital technology for macroscopic and microscopic imaging.
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See a whole new world,
I use this for checking gold ore samples in the field as well as general looking at the microscopic world.
The LED light is great but I did have one problem. I left it on and the next time I tried to use it the light would not work…. dead batteries. Unfortunately the batteries cost near $5 each times 3= $15.
All is not lost however. The Rite Aid (Pharmacy) had hearing aid batteries that, while not the same type as the listed required batteries, were the same physical size but were 1.4 volts instead of 1.5. I did not feel that this would be an issue and decided to try it. They worked just fine and were $16 for 24 of them, so about $.67 each. Much better and I now have 8 changes in case I forget to turn it off again.
The replacement type I found was Size 312, hearing aid batteries.
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|Nice bit of kit.,
The Carson MM-200 is a fantastic bit of equipment. The size is just slightly larger than what the photo shows on the product page. It is TINY!! The product quality, however, is excellent. It has a great LED lamp, and I haven’t had it long enough to comment on the battery life. It is WAY better than the previous ones I have owned with regular little bulbs which gives everything an orange hue, or the LED ones which are flimsy as heck.
I use it for various things: from checking out small bug-things on plants to fine details on stamps or even just my arm (for a laugh!). It really is quite versatile and has great magnification!
Now for the bad. It is TINY!!! The knobs are a bit fiddly specially when you’re using one hand and need to adjust the focus. The other pocket scopes I have tried usually have a larger gripping area and larger dials. Hopefully it will loosen up with some use.
Other than its size (which I do very much like for convenience, but is a bit fiddly), it is a great scope.
A good alternative, for those with waning coordination, might be a pocket USB microscope, or even one of the larger varieties from Carson!
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|lots of fun,
i actually bought this so i can inspect plant resin on my flowers to see when they are ready to harvest. but i find it’s so easy to get carried away with it. wall’s, carpet, leaves, pet fur, sugar on the table, bugs, dirt, lol if it was in my house i inspected it. it’s lots of fun. i only wish i could see the air on a microscopic level. but we cant have everything. all in all its a great buy.
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|Great tool, good value,
I got this microscope to use as a tool for my homeschooled daughter. It is a great learning tool. I have not had any problems with it (as indicated by other reviewers for a different model.)
It is nice to be able to view slides with my daughter as she is studying them. The pictures the camera produces are wonderful.
The traditional features of the microscope are good – lighting, stage movement, filters, lens. Even my husband, who is a pathologist and looks through a microscope everyday of his life is impressed with this one!
This is a fine, modern microscope for the proce.
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|Deluxe Microscope for learning.,
As a home schooler, I am always collecting bits of technology to implement the learning curve of the bright little minds. This scope perfectly overcomes the limitations caused when your students have glasses or sight problems. They can gather around it and turn the LCD to share discoveries.
The build quality is satisfactory, every function works as described. Some reviews claimed to see dark spots on the screen. I found nothing of the sort. There were some dark bubbles in the thin plastic film which was screen protection in shipping. Maybe they didn’t know to remove the plastic film? As with any lab tool you have to keep the lenses and slide environment very clean.
Gripes: The largest magnifier has to get VERY close to the slide to magnify contents. This means that the light from the top LED gets obscured. This somewhat limits the ultra magnification to things like thinned liquids or transparent objects that can be back lit. Other scopes have a moving stage area instead of little metal arms that this one has to move the slides around. The movement left and right or front to back of the slides is not very fluid and feels like cheap plastic bushings or something.
Likes: The carry case is well made with a shoulder strap. The seven included slides provide good contrasts of color and sample variety. I will be purchasing more along with some blanks. We were able to identify and view individual blood cells, bacterium, plant cells and the like. With some practice we got scary up-close with a sugar ant. In the LCD Deluxe Digital Microscope, Celestron has nailed a good balance of features to educational value.
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|Great instrument but have it tested beforehand if possible,
I did not purchase my Celestron 44345 microscope from Amazon but I thought I’d post a tip here for those considering this item. I originally purchased this microscope from Costco dot com. They had a great price but the scope had several problems: 1) the lower light flickered (apparently a common problem with Celestron microscopes) and that affected the LCD display, 2) the LCD display had problems with red, so that viewing red items caused pixels in the display to flicker, and 3) the stylus for the touchscreen was broken. I contacted Celestron and they advised to return the scope for a replacement. The feature set for this microscope is pretty unique and I wanted to find a replacement that worked, but based on the feedback here on Amazon regarding the regular (non-deluxe) version of the Celestron LCD microscope I was reluctant to order another sight-unseen because the flickering illumination issue seems to have affected quite a few. Unfortunately, I am in a state that does not have any Celestron microscope dealers where I could have inspected a scope, but I was able to contact a dealer in Oceanside CA who graciously tested one out to ensure it did not have any issues. It’s a beautiful device and I am glad to have it. So, the tip is simply to consider a similar strategy if this scope interests you — find a seller who will check it out. BTW, one of the included slides is an apple and that works well for the “red” test.
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