[labnetwork] Optical microscope cameras

[Michael Rooks]

We purchased a USB camera for an optical microscope: A Thor Labs DCC3240 
<http://www.thorlabs.com/newgrouppage9.cfm?objectgroup_id=4024&pn=DCC3240C#7072>, 
which has 1280x1024 resolution. The Windows software is good, and the 
lag time is very small. The price was $1225, which is high compared to 
web cams, but it's not junky. The camera has a USB-3 interface, but it 
works perfectly well on USB-2.

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Michael Rooks
Yale Institute for Nanoscience & Quantum Engineering
nano.yale.edu


On 08/13/2014 01:43 PM, bryan cord wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> We're in the process of evaluating digital cameras to add to a few of 
> our optical microscopes (nothing fancy, just Nikons with max 100X 
> objectives).  After some shopping around, we like the 5-8MP Zeiss and 
> Leica CCD offerings, but they're a bit pricey.  What I'm wondering is 
> whether anyone has a more affordable brand of aftermarket scope camera 
> that they really like.  My main concern is software quality (since 
> most low to midrange scope cameras seem to ship with awful software), 
> but obviously things like signal/noise, image quality, and general 
> usability are important too.
>
> Any recommendations would be appreciated.
>
> -bryan
>

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