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== Choosing a Camera == | == Choosing a Camera == | ||
Any webcam which works with your computer will work as a microscope. It is recommended to choose a webcam that isn't only working on one platform with special drivers and restricted to the software of the vendor. A good choice is a USB Video Class compliant (short: UVC) camera. Often this isn't explicitly said in the specifications, but if it says ''driver free'', ''plug and play'' or ''Mac compatible'' it is an indicaton that the camera might be of the UVC type. If you can find one which is easy to disassemble (screws instead of melted or glued parts) you got an advantage. Wikipedia has an [[wikipedia:List of USB video class devices|incomplete list of UVC Webcams]]. | Any webcam which works with your computer will work as a microscope. It is recommended to choose a webcam that isn't only working on one platform with special drivers and restricted to the software of the vendor. A good choice is a USB Video Class compliant (short: UVC) camera. Often this isn't explicitly said in the specifications, but if it says ''driver free'', ''plug and play'' or ''Mac compatible'' it is an indicaton that the camera might be of the UVC type. If you can find one which is easy to disassemble (screws instead of melted or glued parts) you got an advantage. Wikipedia has an [[wikipedia:List of USB video class devices|incomplete list of UVC Webcams]]. A longer list of supported UVC cameras is listed on the [http://www.ideasonboard.org/uvc Linux UVC driver page]. | ||
== Magnification and Resolution == | == Magnification and Resolution == | ||