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I bought a SwiftCam 5 megapixel camera and it seems to work well. It came with a CD of software, but how many new computers come with a CD ROM drive these days? There was a link to the Swift Optics website to download the software and that seems to work fine. I first ran it on my Windows laptop, and...

I have a friend who enjoys playing the ukulele. He stared with one ukulele about two years ago. He now owns about twenty instruments and is always lusting after a new ukulele. I never really understood this urge until my microscope arrived. I have a Swift 380T and I really like it and am enjoying us...

Hi Michael, I don’t know if it is just my bias, wanting my shiny new MacBook to be better than my old Windows laptop, but the images does seem clearer and there seems much less lag when you move the stage to a different position. The layout of the program is virtually the same, only without all the ...

Thanks Michael, I found it under the security settings. That works fine now. Much better than Windows!

Hi everyone, I just received a Swiftcam 5 megapixel camera. I have a Trinocular Swift SW380T microscope but the supplied adaptor tubes refused to connect to my camera port on the microscope. I finally resorted to using the reduction tube optic and fitted it to one of the eyepieces, where the camera ...

SuiGenerisBrewing wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 08, 2023 12:14 pm

The process is fairly straight forward:

Great answer, thank you.

Some microscopists confuse the microscopic magnification with the scale of reproduction, and write that they took a photo at 500x. But this is only possible with electron microscopes. So, they have observed the object at 500x, but not photographed it at 500x. Mostly the factor of the relay lens is ...

Thank you for the information, I had never heard of a micrometer slide and will look at getting one. As my camera hasn’t arrived yet, the question was really just out of interest and academic. I guess it really all boils down to are you satisfied with your photographic results. But I do like the ide...

Hi everyone, I’m very new to microscopy. Just got my first microscope, a Trinocular Swift 380. I am keen to do some photography and maybe videography. I ordered a camera and am awaiting it eagerly. But there’s some thing I don’t understand. I’ve been watching lots of YouTube videos and one of my fav...

Hello everyone, I’m new to the world of microscopes. I’ve spent some time watching loads of youtube videos and got hooked. I ordered a microscope from Amazon, because I didn’t know anywhere else. It’s a Swift SW380T and, very exciting, it’s due to arrive today! Can’t wait to dive in, learn more from...