1. INTRODUCTION
Thank you for purchasing the Celestron MicroSpin™ Digital Microscope. Please read this instruction manual carefully before
using this product and retain it for future reference. With proper care and maintenance, your microscope will provide you
years of service.
The MicroSpin Digital Microscope differs from a traditional optical microscope. Instead of an eyepiece, MicroSpin's internal
camera sensor acts as a 10x eyepiece. The microscope connects to your computer via the USB 2.0 cable and the
magnified image of your specimen is displayed on your monitor. The integrated objective wheel has 6 objective lenses with
powers from 10x to 60x, resulting in 100x to 600x final magnification. *
You can capture and save still images and video to your computer using the included MicroSpin Digital Capture software.
*NOTE:
The final magnification you can achieve depends on the size of your monitor—the larger the monitor, the higher the magnification.
Windows OS
• Windows 10 (32 bit or 64 bit)/Windows 7 (32 bit or 64
bit)/Windows XP SP2, SP3 systems/Windows Vista
(32 bit or 64 bit)
• CD-ROM drive
• CPU speed P4-1.8 GHz or above
• Minimum 512 MB RAM
• Minimum 8OO MB available hard disk space
• Available USB 2.0 port
SPECIFICATIONS
Magnification Powers
Sensor
Image File Format
Video Capturing Resolution
Effective observation area
OS systems supported
Connection Type
Power
Illuminators
Size
Weight
2
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Mac OS
• Mac OS X 10.4.8-Mac OS X systems 10.11.x
• CPU speed Power PC G3/G4/G5 or Intel-based
• CD-ROM drive
• Minimum 128 MB RAM
• Minimum 800 MB available hard disk space
• Available USB 2.0 port
100x, 200x, 300x, 400x, 500x, 600x
2 MP CMOS
JPEG
320 x 240, 640 x 480
Objective lens 100x = 3.6 x 2.70 mm
Objective lens 200x = 1.8 x 1.40 mm
Objective lens 300x = 1.2 x 0.90 mm
Objective lens 400x = 0.9 x 0.70 mm
Objective lens 500x = 0.7 x 0.50 mm
Objective lens 600x = 0.6 x 0.45 mm
Windows 10/7/XP/Vista
Mac OS X 10.4.8x - Mac OS X 10.11x
USB
5V, 250 mA (through USB cable connected to computer)
Upper and lower LED
8.19in. x 5.12in. x 6.02in. / 208mm x 130mm x 153mm
0.77 lbs / 350 g