Roger,

I have the Intel "microscope" (although not presently connected).  It is an
interesting toy, but the optics and the software are simply not good enough
to really make it useful for viewing microshells.  It does fairly well at
10X but higher settings are simply not clear.  The option to save an image
has no choice for dpi and the image quality (for me at least) was not
sufficient.  Trying to get an image of a radula resulted in an image that
just wouldn't work.  Of course, the alternative is a microscope that hooks
into your computer for $1,000.  So maybe the Intel rig is okay depending
upon what you need it for.

Tom Eichhorst in New Mexico, USA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Conchologists of America List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Roger
> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 8:28 AM
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> Subject: Re: digital pictures of microshells
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>
> To all shells maniacs,
> I know that the good tool for micro digital picture exist. It is an Intel
> product. It is disign for children as a didactic toy and I think
> it is what
> we need too, to take numeric pics.You can find some info about it on the
> Intel site (http://www.intel.com) it is named : "QX3 digital
> microscope". I
> never tried this tool becose I did not found it in France. So if somebody
> catch any info about it, and where and how I can by this tool, I am
> interested.
>
> Roger Le Béon from the "Côte d'Azur".
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