The Caterpillar Lab
Digital Microscope - 4K (Extra High Resolution)
Regular price
$ 600.00
Our brand new and most advanced digital microscope, offering incredible detail, 4K live viewing, and high-speed video capabilities for exploring the smallest parts of our natural world!
In more than a decade of hands-on natural history work, these are the best affordable digital microscopes we've used. They're the tools that have helped us introduce countless people to the small, often overlooked lives unfolding all around us. Now you can bring the same experience into your home, classroom, or nature center.
Our upgraded 4K microscope builds on the same easy-to-use system we've relied on for years at The Caterpillar Lab, but with a higher-performance Sony camera sensor, sharper live viewing, and expanded video capabilities. Connect it directly to a television, monitor, or projector using HDMI for simplest plug-and-play use!
Imagine watching a tiny caterpillar eating its way between the layers of a leaf, or seeing the intricate scales covering a butterfly's wings. Follow a caterpillar as it hatches, sheds its skin, or spins a cocoon. Discover the springtails living in your garden soil, the tiny creatures inhabiting a drop of pond water, or the surprising details hidden on the surface of an ordinary leaf. By looking at the world at its smallest scales, we can illuminate the biggest pictures.
With the added detail of 4K imaging and the ability to use higher frame rates, our upgraded microscope makes it easier than ever to appreciate the fine structures and fast-moving behaviors of the tiny organisms we study.
CHOOSING BETWEEN THE DIGITAL MICROSCOPE MODELS WE OFFER
Our new 4k microscope model offers several improvements over our Original HD model:
In more than a decade of hands-on natural history work, these are the best affordable digital microscopes we've used. They're the tools that have helped us introduce countless people to the small, often overlooked lives unfolding all around us. Now you can bring the same experience into your home, classroom, or nature center.
Our upgraded 4K microscope builds on the same easy-to-use system we've relied on for years at The Caterpillar Lab, but with a higher-performance Sony camera sensor, sharper live viewing, and expanded video capabilities. Connect it directly to a television, monitor, or projector using HDMI for simplest plug-and-play use!
Imagine watching a tiny caterpillar eating its way between the layers of a leaf, or seeing the intricate scales covering a butterfly's wings. Follow a caterpillar as it hatches, sheds its skin, or spins a cocoon. Discover the springtails living in your garden soil, the tiny creatures inhabiting a drop of pond water, or the surprising details hidden on the surface of an ordinary leaf. By looking at the world at its smallest scales, we can illuminate the biggest pictures.
With the added detail of 4K imaging and the ability to use higher frame rates, our upgraded microscope makes it easier than ever to appreciate the fine structures and fast-moving behaviors of the tiny organisms we study.
CHOOSING BETWEEN THE DIGITAL MICROSCOPE MODELS WE OFFER
Our new 4k microscope model offers several improvements over our Original HD model:
- Greater detail: 4K live viewing reveals finer details on compatible displays.
- High-speed viewing: Up to 120 frames per second at 1080p, especially useful for observing small, fast-moving creatures.
- Improved video capabilities: Record video in 4K to document and share your discoveries.
- Higher-performance camera: A Sony CMOS sensor provides the foundation for the upgraded imaging system.
Despite these improvements, the microscope is just as approachable as our original model, with the same basic setup, lens, stand, and ring-light system.
Our Original HD model is still a fantastic choice for live exploration and offers excellent performance at a lower price. Choose the 4K model if you're especially interested in even higher resolution imaging, filming, or capturing particularly high speed behavior.
BEST USE - INTERACTIVE MICROSCOPE STATION
Digital Microscope → HDMI → TV, monitor, or projector
No computer necessary! Connect to a 4K-compatible display to enjoy the higher-resolution live image, or use 1080p for higher-frame-rate viewing.
This is our favorite way to use these microscopes and the setup we recommend for homes, classrooms, museums, and other public displays.
Explore our microscope setup and operating resources.
INCLUDED WITH YOUR MICROSCOPE PURCHASE:
Our Original HD model is still a fantastic choice for live exploration and offers excellent performance at a lower price. Choose the 4K model if you're especially interested in even higher resolution imaging, filming, or capturing particularly high speed behavior.
BEST USE - INTERACTIVE MICROSCOPE STATION
Digital Microscope → HDMI → TV, monitor, or projector
No computer necessary! Connect to a 4K-compatible display to enjoy the higher-resolution live image, or use 1080p for higher-frame-rate viewing.
This is our favorite way to use these microscopes and the setup we recommend for homes, classrooms, museums, and other public displays.
Explore our microscope setup and operating resources.
INCLUDED WITH YOUR MICROSCOPE PURCHASE:
- HAYEAR HY-5099 4K digital microscope camera
- 180X zoom lens
- Adjustable tabletop stand
- 144-LED ring light
- HDMI Cable
NOT INCLUDED:
- MicroSD card (required for photography/video using the microscope camera)
- Display screen
- Sony CMOS image sensor
- 4K live HDMI viewing at 30 fps
- 1080p live viewing up to 120 fps
- 4K video recording capability
- Still-image output up to 16 MP
- HDMI and USB connectivity
Microscopes as part of Our Educational Mission:
Our microscopes are available for retail purchase or as part of our nonprofit mission.
Looking to purchase a microscope for a school, museum, nature center, or nonprofit educational program? Contact outreach@thecaterpillarlab.org to inquire more about available resources and discounted educator pricing!
Make a Microscope Possible: We're also looking for microscope champions to help us bring these tools to more educational organizations. Contact us with the subject "Buy a Scope, Give a Scope" to learn how you can support this initiative.
Our microscopes are available for retail purchase or as part of our nonprofit mission.
Looking to purchase a microscope for a school, museum, nature center, or nonprofit educational program? Contact outreach@
Make a Microscope Possible: We're also looking for microscope champions to help us bring these tools to more educational organizations. Contact us with the subject "Buy a Scope, Give a Scope" to learn how you can support this initiative.
