Swift 5.0 Megapixel Digital Camera for Microscopes

I have five of these and they all work fine right out of the box. I haven't had any trouble getting the "EasyView" software working on any computer. The software - true to name - is definitely easy to use. I got the first of these cameras about 7 months ago so I don't know how long they will last, but for now they all work fairly well. They work perfectly for what they are designed for: allowing entry-level microscopists to acquire digital photos of things like cheek cells, plant cells, aquatic microorganisms, pollen, etc. If you're trying to quantify the membrane invaginations in mitochondria during oxidative stress, this camera (and the microscopes it would work with) is obviously not for you. It's worth noting that, if you're putting one of these on a $100 - $500 microscope and looking at samples with 2000x magnification, the limiting factor in your picture quality will almost certainly be in the lenses of your microscope and not in the quality of the image aquired by the camera. You can do a rough back-of-the-envelope calculation to prove to yourself that you are losing details due to the diffraction limitations of light and not insufficient pixels in the camera. You will not be able to clearly see sub-micron features in a cell with this camera. In the representative pictures that I posted, it should be noted that the ciliate was travelling quite quickly relative to the field of view, hence the lack of absolute clarity in the picture. The hibiscus pollen is fairly large relative to the depth of view, so obviously I was not able to get the entire sample in-focus. The latter problem could have been overcome by aquiring multiple images in different focal planes and making a focal stack (something worth trying if you have a hard time getting your samples in-focus). Again, I've bought 5 of these cameras and they all work great. Zero problems right out of the box. Limitations to the resolution are much more likely to be due to the quality of your microscope or your sample preparation and not due to insufficiencies with the camera itself. Basically: you are getting exactly what you buy!

It's.. alright. A bit noisy in the image and colors are somewhat inaccurate but that can be calibrated. Especially with the swift imaging software which is fairly powerful and very useful. I'm dancing around the idea of getting a higher mp version as well. Now i know that one reviewer claims that you will run into diffraction error and this is certainly true... but it's just a bit shy of the resolution you need even without a 400- 1,500 dollar scope tbh. I'd say between 8 and 16 mp would suffice for a more intermediate- pro use. So if you're just having fun with your microscope or on a budget this may be what you're looking for. If you're looking to do lab work with this, it may take some finess and effort to get set up properly and is probably not for you. But those people aren't looking at budget scope cameras anyways. If you expect to see anything clearly under 1.5-3ish micron, then... this is definitely not for you. Overall... decent value, good camera. Hope this helps

I love this cute lil budget camera. I use it on my Celestron S1030N Stereoscope. Swift’s imaging software is also quite easy to use :)

.... Autofocus? On a microscope camera? No... Really?! Frustrated. Okay the picture is pretty nice when it does focus, and looks like about a 25X magnification but it's a rectangular picture with sides of it cut off to make it fit the screen. But this also means you lose a lot of real estate on the optical field. That's not great. After working with this thing a few times over the last couple of months I regret that I did not return it immediately. I will probably continue to use it for some things but I'm finding that I get better results by holding my camera up to the eyepiece. I guess I should have forked over the $300 for the good one.

This little camera exceeded all my expectations. I received the software on a usb flash drive (thank you Swift!), no need to download software. I installed it on Win 11, everything works perfectly. The software surprised me too, it is packed with features and the interface is quite intuitive. I highly recommend this.

Cheaply made, fragile, connector in top of eyepiece caved in to circuit board. Now useless and I have to throw it away. Worked fine for a small period of time, software good.

The camera works well with crisp images, although as others mentioned the refresh rate is frustratingly slow. For promised and included Mac OSX, note that the software comes on a 3-inch CD which is nearly impossible to access from a mac and it is apparently not available anywhere I could find for download. I did find that I can use the camera through Quick Time Player and the QuickCamera app, and then capture photos as screen shots. This works, but lacks the expected image control abilities. It is quite effective to display live images on an attached computer displayed through one of those Apps for several people to view at once.

Wow now we can record an take pics, also very good quality

This camera works well for basic microscopy imaging. The included software (Swift view, which is repackaged ImageView software) is easy to operate and has many useful features in it. You can control exposure and other camera settings, allowing more control over the captured image than previous ocular cameras I've owned. The small size makes this easy to add to a microscope setup without adding bulk to the system. As the CMOS chip is placed close to where the ocular lens is focused, the microscope remains fairly parfocal when you change lenses - a big improvement over my old ocular lens where the camera is positioned well behind that focal point, meaning that changing lenses also required significant refocusing of the camera. For the price, this is a great camera.

Parfaite

Muito bom!

This works very well for getting your microscope images into a computer

Like to see objects on laptop.