Top Tips and FAQ

1. Which Handheld Digital Microscope Model should I choose?
General Spec
Key spec
Hardware Video
Software Video

2. Focus
Magnifcation vs Working Distance (WD)
Focus & Field of viewwith MS35B
Details

3. View area example
Demo Link
Comparison

4. Key Hardware Features
LEDs
-- Turn on/off the LEDs
-- Adjust Exposure Brightness or Darkness or view objects at correct Colors
Microtouch On/ off
0.3MP image vs (1.3MP image)
Polarize (Example)
Metal shell vs ABS
USB vs TV

5. Key Software feature
Exposure
Exposure Setting
Full screen, regular windows --- How to Enlarge Dino Capture Screen or in normal view -
Save file format - JPG BMP, AVI
180 degree image --To invert image
zoom in and out
Video feature

6. What Accessories Models available?

7. User Guide
Manual
Slide show
Video

8. How does Dino-Lite work with MAC?

Useful Tip

Handheld Useful Tips-

1. What is a Digital Microscope?
2. What are some of the functions of DINO Digital Microscope?
3. Should I choose a Handheld Digital Microscope or Eyepiece camera?
4. Which Handheld Digital Microscope Model should I choose?
Products by Features (pdf)
Products by Application (pdf)
General spec sheet (pdf)

5. How to use DINO Digital Microscope?
6. How does the Focus work on a Dino-Lite Microscope?
7. What are the system requirements for my computer?    
8. How to set-up the Hardware and Software?
9-a. Field of view chart
Distance from object                            
viewable area

9-b. Depth of field
Link - Viewable Area Example

10. Applications for Digital Microscope and eyepiece cameras?
11. What is the largest magnification you carry on the Digital Microscope?
12. Which format should I use?
13. Measurement tips -
Link - AM313 Series & AM413T's Measurement

Link - How to Use the Calibration Function in DinoCapture (Available on AM413 Series only)
Link - How to accurately calibrate the AM313 Series Dino-Lite measurement function

Video Demo - Video library
http://www.bigc.com/demo/video/measurement_%20v1.wmv

14.a. What is the purpose of LED light?
14.b. What is the purpose of near UV light?
15. How to Enlarge Dino Capture Screen or in normal view -
16. Adjust Brightness or Darkness or view objects at right Color
17. To invert image -
18. Draw a circle area on an image -
19. Transfer Captured image to word file -
20. Compare multiple images -
21. Keyboard Function Key options -
22. Software (Driver) Update -
23. Install two or more DINO-Lite products -

Eyepiece Useful Tips-

1. Dino Digital Eyepiece
2. To invert image -
3. Adjust Brightness -
4. Circle area with image -
5. Transfer Captured image to word file -
6. Compare multiple images -
7. Applications for Digital Microscope and eyepiece cameras?
8. How do I choose a Microscope Eyepiece camera?
9. Maintenance and Cleaning

Technical FAQ

Handheld Tech FAQ

1. Run-time error '75' or '339' ----(For Vista OS DinoCapture required to set “Run as Administrator”)
2. AM211/310/311 on VISTA with black window
3. Viewing window is larger than normal on DinoCapture (view window partially covers the “video” tab)
4. Windows 64 bit OS Compatibility issues
5. When starting DinoCapture, the view window is a black or green screen
6. DinoCapture view window is capturing web-cam or another video device image
7. Software support
8. How to remove DinoCapture program from XP or Vista
9. Troubleshooting
10. Unable to save pictures / get an error message after taking a picture
11. Slow video capture even in fast systems using Windows XP or Vista
12. Error Messages

• Error-Code 10
• Error-Code 39- Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware
• Runtime error 53 - file not found
• Runtime error 75 - Path/File access error
• Runtime error 104 - I click to take a picture in Vista OS
• Runtime error 339 - Cause (XP or Vista)
• Runtime error 339 - Component 'TABCTL32.OCX'or one of its dependencies not .......... (Vista only)
• Runtime error 380 - invalid property value
• Runtime error 429 - ActiveX component can’t create object on Windows 2000
• Runtime error 481 - freeze Program
• Runtime error 50003 - Unexpected error

Eyepiece Tech FAQ


1. Do not disassemble the instruments
2. Eyepiece Camera
3. What are the system requirements for my computer?
4. Useful Tech Tips
5. Troubleshooting
6. Installs without any error messages but just see a black screen
7. Scopephoto is viewing a different camera
8. Cannot detect device message
9. Pictures taken turn blue using EM series digital eyepiece

MAC Info

MAC Useful Tips -

1. LED’s turn on and off by themselves
2. How do you take a picture with DinoScope?
3. How to adjust the resolution for the Dino-Lite on MAC OS
4. How to record Video with DinoScope?
5. Software support -
6. To get measurements feature from a third party software for MAC OS -


MAC Tech Tips -

7. Image from screen is from another web cam
8. No image on screen:
9. No image on screen when using DinoScope or computer freezes when using DinoScope on MAC