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18 February 2018
Excellent capture quality and easy to use
Very nice, well-built little camera. The software is intuitive and easy to use and gives you full control over color, contrast, etc. I use it on both a biological scope and a stereo scope and get excellent results -- great pictures.
The 5Mp is a good size, capturing high-res photos without the files being overly huge in size. You can choose the file type for captures, of course, and even the compression factor for JPGs. The lowest JPG compression factor produces no noticeable compression artifacts, and even the most discerning of us should be satisfied with the results -- there is no real need to use a non-lossy format which produces much larger files. You also have control over where captures are saved and the choice of a few different file-naming conventions. Captures are quick and easy, allowing you to very quickly capture a series of images at different positions or slightly different focus points.
Even if you want mainly to capture stills rather than video, the much better framerate of the USB3 version makes panning the sample much more pleasent to view. The mid-resolution setting for the 5Mp version is 1280x960, which is perfect for live-view on a typical monitor.
Support is very good -- they are fast and ready to help. I highly recommend the OMAX series microscope cameras.