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HOW TO TURN ANY WEBCAM INTO A HIGH POWER MICROSCOPE..... by kushalverma

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Hello friends, this is my first instructable that i made using my old SVB webcam. It's really simple to make.. just place anything 1.5cm away from camera lens and enjoy the crystal clear highly magnified images... PLZZZ VOTE FOR ME IF YOU LIKED IT.... let's begin.....

Bio: very fond of mechanical and electrical things around us..... Tags: science,technology

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Step 2: Opening the webcam......

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first of all open your camera beware not to destroy the cmos sensor.... i extended the wires of the image capturing button outside the webcam which allows us to have still images.. i also a switch to turn the led's on or off they were yellow and grey it may be different for yours.....

Step 3: Reversing the lens...

second step is that we have to reverse the lens placed over the cmos sensor.......just place it 2-3mm away from the cmos sensor...

Step 4: Close the cover....

after reversing the lens screw the webcam back..... now its ready to use but i made a stand to get still images from it......

Step 5: Final body....

i used a soap box and fixed the webcam over it and as u can see from image it can be adjusted for getting images also i used a mirror below it so that the light spreads all over the object placed over it and also it provides the light from below the object.... ALL DONE....PLACE ANYTHING BELOW THE LENS......ENJOY. :)

Step 6: OUTPUT ON PC.....

these were some pics clicked by this microscope/webcam that even includes the amoled screen pixels of my mobile (galaxy note) and LCD monitor pixels and paper too......

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The End of A Heartache says:

2 days ago

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Oh how awesome, I have the exact same webcam but the tact switch to snap shots was not solder to anything in mine. If you can OP can you post an image of where to wire the tact switch to the PCB board?

kushalverma (author) in reply to The End of A Heartache 21 hours ago

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yes bro i will soon post it....

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Partybot says:

yesterday

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Excellent! Enter the lab hack contest. This would help labs save a lot of money and obtain reasonable results for academia.

kushalverma (author) in reply to Partybot

21 hours ago

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ya sure dude...... :)
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prankurverma says:

yesterday

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awesome blossom dude......nice job done

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2 days ago

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recently also made http://ravvinoff.livejournal.com/70791.html

Alfredojvelez says:

3 days ago

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Very interesting

rimar2000 says:

6 days ago

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Wow, this is very interesting!

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kushalverma (author) in reply to rimar2000

3 days ago

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just try it also it will be much more interesting.....

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dwsworks says:

4 days ago

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oh good I will try doing thst reversing the lens of webcam itself never thought of that. I have made microscope using my old digital cameras lens. but your idea I will try it out today. thaks

kushalverma (author) in reply to dwsworks

3 days ago

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thanx dwsworks plz vote for me if u liked it.....

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kushalverma (author) says:

3 days ago

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hi jeremymbates thanx for viewing my first instructable i only used 2 drops of quick fix to fix the lens from outside.... but its really very interesting to see various images around us in a way we never imagined....

jeremymbates says:

4 days ago

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Only problem is when reversing the lens there's no way to secure it in the model I have. I may have to glue it or something.

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