Celestron 44320 Microscope Digital Kit MDK

by Celestron

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13 x 11 x 5 inches ; 2.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0013N536E
• Item model number: 44320
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,471 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
  • #34 in Camera & Photo > Binoculars, Telescopes & Optics > Microscopes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 17, 2003

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Celestron 44320 is a multi-purpose microscope can be used as a traditional microscope with powers from 40x to 600x or attach the digital camera to view on your computer. It's the perfect tool for discovering and learning about the world we can't see. The included software allows you to save digital images and video to your computer. Weighing just 22 ounces, the microscope includes three prepared slides (head of a mosquito, cross-section of bamboo, scaly hairs of a silverberry), rocks, and honeybee wing for samples. Other features include a zoom eyepiece from 10x to 20x, objective lenses with 4x, 15x, 30x magnification, and top and bottom electric illumination. The microscope requires Windows 98, 98SE, 2000, ME, XP, or Vista, CD/DVD drive and open USB port. Celestron offers a 2-year warranty.

Product Description

Biological microscope with digital camera for viewing or imaging. 40x to 600x Power, 10x to 20x zoom eyepiece, objectives - 4x, 15x, 30x, top and bottom electric illumination, 3 prepared slides.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

76 of 81 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor quality. Not worth the money, December 24, 2008

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Catherine Shea "rma fort myers" (Fort Myers Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Celestron 44320 Microscope Digital Kit MDK (Misc.)

I bought it, tried it and immediatley returned it.
All PLASTIC. No fine focus, image capturing was poor and not adjustable.
Save yourself the bother.... buy a different microscope

59 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth even a penny of money paid, December 29, 2008

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Chief WR (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Celestron 44320 Microscope Digital Kit MDK (Misc.)

I purchased this item for my son as a Christmas gift and found it to be a complete waste of money and time, and a lot of frustration. Product, due to being of plastic, is not of a good quality. Working with optics is like playing with a fresh egg. Yeap!
The worst part is a digital camera and its software. After the installation of it according to the instructions it caused the computer to crash. I tried another computer with a recomended operating system and... no communication with a device and crashing again. Well, in spite of my dilligent efforts to have it make to work I have gotten nowhere with it.
I won't even mention my boys' heartbroken feelings...

40 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for the price, February 14, 2009

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Julio P - See all my reviews

This review is from: Celestron 44320 Microscope Digital Kit MDK (Misc.)

This bad boy was pretty cheap as far as microscopes go but it lets you see well beyond what you can with the naked eye quite well. Older kids will be able to handle looking through the scope but little ones will have trouble. The best part for that is the camera. The camera takes pictures or video when you hook it up to a computer and the process is simple.

The light is a little hot for anything in water so take care to use the pen light that shines from above when possible at least until you find what you are looking for.

Also, there is no guard in place to prevent you from cracking a slide by focusing in too far so always pay attention if you're not already familiar with microscopes.