More technogeekery
Oct. 25th, 2005 01:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ffuturesGot myself something I've wanted for a while - a 640x480 USB microscope camera. This is basically a USB webcam with low light capability and a lens etc. to work like a microscope eyepiece, and typically they cost 70 quid or so on eBay. This one somehow slipped through the net and went for 46 quid, which hopefully means that if I don't seem to be using it much I'll be able to flog it and make a profit. Would have preferred higher resolution but they don't seem to be on offer on eBay at all, or on sale anywhere I can find in the UK.
Anyway, the camera is made by jincheng and seems to be the predecessor of the 640x480 USB model on this page: http://www.jcst.cn/en/p4.asp
Arrived today and it's working fine with a PC. but I'll also want Mac OS-X compatibility and the manufacturer doesn't offer drivers - none of these things have Mac drivers, with the exception of the REALLY expensive high-res ones that start around 500 quid. I'm hoping it'll just work when I plug it into the iBook tonight - I've downloaded the Macam webcam driver thing from Sourceforge - but if it doesn't, does anyone have any suggestions on ways of getting it to work? Needless to say I've emailed the manufacturer, but I somehow doubt they have anything.
Anyway, the camera is made by jincheng and seems to be the predecessor of the 640x480 USB model on this page: http://www.jcst.cn/en/p4.asp
Arrived today and it's working fine with a PC. but I'll also want Mac OS-X compatibility and the manufacturer doesn't offer drivers - none of these things have Mac drivers, with the exception of the REALLY expensive high-res ones that start around 500 quid. I'm hoping it'll just work when I plug it into the iBook tonight - I've downloaded the Macam webcam driver thing from Sourceforge - but if it doesn't, does anyone have any suggestions on ways of getting it to work? Needless to say I've emailed the manufacturer, but I somehow doubt they have anything.
