Before you ask.. no, this is not my best microscope
But I saw this smartphone lens on Amazon and thought, it could be useful, as it allows me to make videos. Additionally it is easy to handle and to transport. So I tried it and I would like to show the community, what one can get for 10 $.
Compared to the price, it´s a real good gadget. OK, one can´t use it for pictures on a cellular level, but it can be very useful for people, who are interested in botany and living insects.
Read here my short review
And here you can watch a short video, made wiht the lens: https://youtu.be/w8_nivwW9Kc
It shows an ant, eating from a drop of honey. It was really amazing to watch it, as I could even see, how the honey is flowing in it´s mouth.
Smartphone microscope for 10 USD
Smartphone microscope for 10 USD
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Re: Smartphone microscope for 10 USD
Oliver did this with a lens from a hdd. Problem is attaching it. The article is
in the 'Magazine'. How does the one you show attach?
Dale
edit. oh, glue?
in the 'Magazine'. How does the one you show attach?
Dale
edit. oh, glue?
B&L Stereozoom 4. Nikon E600. AO Biostar 1820.
Re: Smartphone microscope for 10 USD
Glue!
You have to open a small cover and then just to put it on the smartphone. The glue is strong enough to hold it in any position, it won´t fall down. When you´re done with you pictures, you take it down easily. No rests of glue remain on the phone. It´s like using a post it.
The only problem could be, that after using it (maybe) 200 times, the glue could lose it´s strength. I can´t say, becaus mine is still working.
Here you can see a youtube video, with a short review. It´s in German, but you can take a look, how to use it:
https://youtu.be/FspssCIkfuc
You have to open a small cover and then just to put it on the smartphone. The glue is strong enough to hold it in any position, it won´t fall down. When you´re done with you pictures, you take it down easily. No rests of glue remain on the phone. It´s like using a post it.
The only problem could be, that after using it (maybe) 200 times, the glue could lose it´s strength. I can´t say, becaus mine is still working.
Here you can see a youtube video, with a short review. It´s in German, but you can take a look, how to use it:
https://youtu.be/FspssCIkfuc
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Re: Smartphone microscope for 10 USD
I wonder if you can attach some RMS input onto a phone case & then add an actual objective lens.
Then you use a flashlight to lite up the image.
Then you use a flashlight to lite up the image.