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New LCD-Screen Microscope Makes For Better Specimen-Viewing

by Will Safer on January 6, 2008 at 06:29 AM


Celestron LCD Digital MicroscopeWho can remember Biology 101, where you and a lab partner had to take turns squinting through the tiny eyepiece on a microscope, straining to see the blurry outlines of amoeba? Optics-maker Celestron has an interesting solution to this old and frustrating problem, combing a traditional microscope with an LCD screen. (Why didn't we think of that?)

Introduced on the eve of the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show, the Celestron LCD Digital Microscope utilizes a 3.5-inch LCD screen and a built-in digital camera (capable of capturing still images and short video clips), has 128-megabytes of internal memory, and a USB cable for transferring images to a personal computer.

While the picture taking, storing and transfer capabilities are good, the real prize on the digital microscope is the LCD screen, which allows a group of people to view specimens together, without having to readjust the lens between viewings in order to accommodate different people's eyesight abilities.

The target audiences are regular consumers with an interest in science and the education market.

The LCD Digital Microscope has an objective lens that provides three levels of magnification (4x, 10x, and 40x), 4x digital zoom (although we're not too crazy about digital zoom), a six-position color filter wheel, and top and bottom LED illumination. It also comes with five sample specimen slides.

Retail availability starts in February and the LCD Digital Microscope carries a $299.99 suggested price tag.


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