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ProScope HR

Take this camera microscope in your hand and touch it directly onto any object or surface. Then watch the live color video image on the screen and present it to a whole group simultaneously. Just by touching the sample with the internally lit lens tip, you are instantly focusing, illuminating, and magnifying to the screen. You and your students will be so impressed with the image that you won’t be able to resist capturing still pictures, video movies and time lapse movies.

The ProScope HR is unique among our other products because it is the highest resolution USB version available at 1.3 mega pixels. Capture the best quality images and movies directly to your computer at magnifications from 1x up to 400x (lenses are shared with the Scope On A Rope™ L2).

Education Application:

• Save time with easy set-up, instant focus by touch, and no sample preparation
• Education research shows use of hand-held camera microscopes increases student time on task, and student retention on standardized tests
• Excite students by instantly displaying a new micro-world to the whole group
• This one tool is multipurpose and cross-curricular for use as a microscope, presentation camera and document camera
• Cost effective with durable construction and low maintenance

Unique to the ProScope HR:
• The still and video capture capability of the ProScope HR opens a huge technology element to learning
• Images and movies can be used by students in their own reports and presentations to the class and can be used by the teacher for lesson review and in tests or quizzes.
• The ProScope HR can connect to a laptop computer making it a completely portable camera microscope for work outside the classroom
• The clarity of the higher resolution setting makes it much easier for students to see the details needed for understanding

Pricing:

Product

Part #

List Price

Quantity 1

Quantity 10

Quantity 20

ProScope HR Camera
only - ProScope HR, no lens Mac/PC software

TS-USB

$250

$195

$188

$179

ProScope HR 50x Kit
ProScope HR, 50x lens, Mac/PC software

TS-USB50x

$349

$279

$269

$259

ProScope HR SuperZoom - L2 Scope with Super Zoom High Resolution 55x to 440x and battery powered variable intensity 18 LED light array.
TS-SuperZoom
$2,269

$ 2,114

$ 2,006

$ 1,896

Specs:

Hardware Specs:
• Available Lenses: 1-10x, 30x polarizing, 50x, 100x, 200x, 400x, microscope adaptor, 55x-440x Super Zoom, all internally lit LED (except 1-10x, microscope adaptor)
• Image sensor: 1/4” CCD
• Resolution: 1.3 mega pixels (only with USB 2.0), 640 x 480 (USB 1.1)
• Output: USB 2.0, USB 1.1
• Cable length: 6 feet or 1.8m
• Power source: USB port powered
• Power consumption: about 400mA
• White Balance: Factory Preset with manual software controls
• Color Adjustments: Factory Preset with manual software controls
• Operating Temperature Range: 5 to 40 degrees Celsius
• Weight: 6oz or 150g (Main unit with cable)
• Warranty: one year

System Requirements:
• Windows: Windows XP service pack 2 or later, DirectX 9 or later, Quicktime 7 or later, factory installed USB 2.0 port (recommended) or USB 1.1 port (runs at lower resolution), P4 or equivalent
• Macintosh: OS 10.4.8 or later, Quicktime 7 or later, factory installed USB 2.0 port (recommended) or USB 1.1 port (runs at lower resolution), G4, G5 or Intel Mac

Included Software Specs:
• Resolution Setting Options: 320 x 240 (30 fps), 640 x 480 (15 fps), 1280 x 1024 (1.3 mega pixel at 3.75 fps)
• 640 x 480 live preview
• Still Image Capture: jpeg, bmp (PC), pic (Mac)
• Movie Capture: avi, manual setting clip length
• Time Lapse Movie Capture: avi, manual setting parameters
• Thumbnail Library for Image/Movie Viewing
• Site license for use on your local network

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