Bresser USB Microscope MicrOcular Telescope Camera Full HD Resolution, with Integrated UV/IR Blocking Filter and Various Adapters for Microscopes and Telescopes

very compact and nicely made. Images met my expectations. The software included works very well, easy set up. I am just starting out and I have no experience with very expensive cameras or video cameras connected to a telescope I have used it in my 114cm full goto telescope and my dads cheapest £50 first scope unit and it performs very well on both. I use a 5meter USB2 to mini USB standard cable from maplins and it works perfectly, no interference and powers the camera without any issues over that length of cable. for viewing the moon I use a Moon filter dropped inside my 2X barlow lens, as my barlow and this camera do not have a Filter thread and images are very good but you can use it without, but the filter reduces any flickering you occasional get as the intense light changes as the moon moves across the screen, if not tracking.. This camera dose not have a stepped ring at the top of the body, so do not let it drop right into the eyepiece holder, it will slide right in. I plug it into my laptop and then wirelessly stream it on my Smart 40inch smart tv and the images are way better than my Laptop which surprised me. We can leave the telescope set up outside with cable coming in through window, into the Laptop and watch the images in the comfort of a warm room with the tracking mode on telescope enabled, Very pleased with the camera

The media could not be loaded. For the price point, this is a really good introduction to microscope videography/photography and the features are rather better than cheap imported non-brand alternatives. It's very much plug-and-play, with the bundled software giving a reasonable range of adjustment for beginners and slightly more advanced users. I've attached a darkfield video I did, using this camera and a reflective darkfield stage, on an antique Olympus metallurgical scope with LED light source. As you can see, the image is pretty crisp and pleasant to view.Downsides, for me, are that it sometimes has issues with automatic exposure, especially in low light, where it will sometimes 'bounce' from bright to dark, but I can usually compensate for this in Bresser's software. I'd also rather like a higher resolution and perhaps some image processing in the camera, to allow for optimisation for the specific setup I'm using, though that's a bit much to ask in such a low-price camera and it does great as a starter, which I'll keep using on my secondary scope, after I've gotten a higher-end imager for the main unit. The only other issue I've had was (I believe) caused by having accidentally placed a magnet next to the USB cable (silly me) and thus getting some signal loss that corrupted some video. Probably best not to put strong magnets next to electronics...All-in-all, very happy and I'd recommend it, especially if you want to get kids fascinated by microbiology and don't want them being put off by having to find the focal-spot on eyepieces! :-)

I bought a microscope which came with an adapter for mobile phone to take photos. This proved extremely difficult to use so I eventually gave up and bought the Bresser USB camera. The difference was remarkable. It slotted into the microscope in place of the eyepiece, the software was easy to load and the picture quality was excellent. The one problem I had with it was in saving the pictures. The instructions said right click the picture tab to bring up the save menu but this didn't work. However the save icon at the top left hand side of the page worked perfectly. Other than that niggle it was excellent value for money. I'm hoping to use it on my telescope in the near future.

Software on installation CD doesn't run on XP machines, therefore camera useless. Not recognised when I plug it in, so can't take images...I have since found some software online to run this but it wasn't easy ( not on bresser homepage) . Having said that, the camera and the adaptors work well. It's a nice piece of kit. Just sort out the software!

The media could not be loaded. Bresser Full HD (1080p) USB 2.0 Microscope Telescope camera with various adapters this is a great camera for your astrophotography as it takes stills and video. I use the telescope adapter 31.75mm provided in conjunction with a Celestron 1.25 inch Omni2x Barlow lens. When used on our Celestron 70EQ Refractor Telescope With the Barlow lens removed via unscrewing from the Barlow housing the camera acts like a 7mm eyepieces you get a Magnification of 129x. Add the 2x Barlow lens and the Magnification 257x. Replace the Barlow with a Svbony 1.25 inch 0.5x Focal Reducer brings the Magnification down to 64x. By using this method your telescope has 3 zooms for viewing objects like the moon & Planets. If you also would like to add a filter to the view to reduce light, say a moon filter then you can add this to your star diagonal end of the 70 EQ Telescope.I would Suggest that you get a usb 2 extension lead as the camera cable is short. Well worth getting this camera for the telescope. Have also used this on the Solarix Telescope to view the sun though the sun filter must be used on any observations of the sun through this telescope I did noticed that even filtered light the camera got hot quick so minimal use for solar viewing would be advisable. Yet to try the camera on the Celestron 103 EQ reflector but it should work fine. Definitely would buy again. Great little Telescope camera.

The media could not be loaded. See attached video, all it does is flash bright and dark. Nice crisp view using my telescope's viewfinder, but using the camera it's impossible to get anywhere near a decent picture no matter what I do.