It is a light client which allows you to make fast and reliable downloads. Toupsky for Astronomy Camera Windows Application/Dshow Driver/ASCOM SDK. AmScope MU1000 10MP USB2.0 Microscope Digital Camera & Software This 10MP digital camera for microscopes is designed to capture still images, as well as stream and record live video on Windows, Mac, and Linux computers.
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I believe this is a solid product, but they may have packed too many megapixels into a old transfer standard (USB 2.0).It's obvious if you read between the lines (1.9fps @3584x2748), which I intially missed.
From my experience, the software would constantly crash when changing resolutions, even when setting the res to the minimum before changing it, and reviewing and following all their YouTube videos.
Direct Amscope customer service had issues answering questions (2 calls) and referred me to the Amazon representative, who responded to my first email but never followed up when I replied.
My laptop beats the minimum specs (quadcore i7 2.8gHz, 16 gb RAM, dedicated video card), and I attempted both direct USB and through a self-powered hub to check for power consumption with the same results.
While I think they tried to over power this device through an old standard, I don't think they put out bad products - just this one, and the customer service was definitely questionable, but I'm not ruling them out yet.
Replacing my return with the MU503 (lower resolution but higher USB bandwidth), and will leave a review there once I've tested it.
Bottom line: if you are limited to USB 2.0, get a camera with lower resolution (especially when you have to calibrate at the highest settings... And it just keeps crashing).
Bonus: they included a calibration slide, which wasn't mentioned in the packaging... So there is that ;)
Follow up - the MU503 is incredibly solid, runs smoothly as silk, and is virtually plug and play on my laptop. A review there will be forthcoming, but my personal suggestion if this is your price range, grab that one instead. It's worth the drop in resolution for a functioning product.