2 Minute digital microscope

Make a digital microscope without modifying your webcam.
my digicam is broken, so i have to use my only webcam. (no pics of the webcam with the cap on it.)

Step 1 Get the parts

You may have to exparament with the bottle cap my creative nx ultra uses a sprite cap,
other than the cap you need a lense i got mine from a cd reader in my junk box, you can can it from an old
cd player, and of course a webcam. a ped or a screwdriver to get the lense out and make a hole in the cap

Comments

[mysterious ninja of fire]

would a lens from an old dvd player work

[mysterious ninja of fire]

I just been waitin for a chance to take a hammer to that thing to tell you the truth so whether or not I can use that lens is irrealtive because that ol dvd player is going to meet my foot or maybe I can make something from it I wonder mwuhahahahahahahahaha I'm going to make a death laser bye bye travelin salesman we never knew ye

[benjgvps]

It should work. I doubt the laser idea will work...

[mysterious ninja of fire]

grrr well maybe if i take a construction laser which can already buirn stuff and pop baloons and put it through a couple of lens and ill be at your doorstep mwuhahahahahahahahahahaha feel my fiery wrath!!!!!!!!!!!

[C01d Fusion]

Made absolutely no sense to me

[Tool Using Animal]

Just check out my instructable, better pix too ;-) This technique of sticking a convex lens in front works with any camera (so far)

http://www.instructables.com/id/EREFVJIHC1EQHO9ZEU/

[mysterious ninja of fire]

No offence but i think putting your instructable on someone elses instructable isnt very nice and should be agaisnt the rules im ok if u just mention but well i just dont like it

[benjgvps]

I don't mind, I just wanted to get another instuctable out.

[benjgvps]

my computer died today, im writing this from the library.(damn norton, damn spy sweeper, damn persona casual damn...........everthing)

[mysterious ninja of fire]

yeah well I suggest when something is wrong whit your computer first delete any files you will never use again then delete recent files starting with the most recent keep doing that until its fixes the problem and then install all the others that didn't fix the problem to tell you the truth I always found those programs a scam

[FrenchCrawler]

When you get your computer back up and running, I'd suggest installing the following programs:
AntiVir Personal Edition (Main Anti-Virus program that I use)
CCleaner (you're suppose to back-up, but I haven't and don't have any problems)
FreeRAM XP Pro (My O/S is Win2000 and this works perfectly on it)
Advanced WindowsCare (I usually run this twice in a row, once to repair, then to optimize)

And as a back up, just in case anything slips by Antivir, I also use:
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition (I don't have this start up automatically, only start it like once a month and 95% of the time, it won't find anything cause of AnitVir)

I pesronally don't trust the larger programs that take up half of my ram to block viruses. I've used them before and viruses would still sneak past them. So if you go to http://www.download.com/ and put these into the search box, you can download these nifty little free programs that, in my opinion, work so much better. Any body else have any ideas?

Also don't forget to defrag your HD every so often, but don't do it too frequently otherwise you'll kill your computer.

[gamma_fear]

Great project! Love it! A cheaper way to get a lens is to go to a wallgreens (or any place where they develop film) and ask for the processed one-time use cameras (they might get their manager but relax and remember "the costumer it the boss" lol) (i got almost 30 used cameras for free!) go home and take one apart rember to remove the battery, and discharge the capacitor (DON'T TOUCH IT IT HURTS TRUST ME!) with a screwdriver and continue to dismantle the camera until you reach the lens(es) and take it/them out and use.

[FrankenPaper]

I you don't have a camera to take a picture of your camera, you can use a mirror (or 2) so the one camera can take a picture if itself.

[Daddio_UK]

Sweet!!. Never thought of getting a lens from an old CD player!.

[trebuchet03]

documentation is a little difficult to follow... but the idea seems there... I personally like the macro lens project (above) a little better, but I'd like to see what this thing can do :D Score: B

[Beelzebub]

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[Beanwaur]

have you got some sample shots?