Yes, we have a Nikon Coolpix digital (35-mm like) camera (5 years old-but purchased to go directly onto the scope) that we simply hook up directly to an LCD projector. We originally hooked it up to a TV monitor. We found we have to use the video cord supplied by Nikon for that camera-we lost it temporarily once and no other cord would work. No computer is involved. I hope I've answered your question. Lisa Lamb University of St. Thomas On 10/13/06 8:43 AM, "Alan Boyle" <Apboyle at liverpool.ac.uk> wrote: Hi all Does anyone have any experience of setting up teaching microscopes so that live video of what is being viewed can be fed into an LCD monitor without going through a PC? I don't want to be able to capture the images at all, just be able to view them in real time with a small teaching group. I just want a camera that can go straight into an LCD monitor. I am aware of CRT-based systems such as http://www.hometrainingtools.com/catalog/microscopes-accessories/digital-mic roscopes-and-cameras/p_mi-vidcam.html <http://www.hometrainingtools.com/catalog/microscopes-accessories/digital-mi croscopes-and-cameras/p_mi-vidcam.html> but haven't found an LCD-based one. I want to go the LCD route for space reasons. I also want to do this cheaply as I may need 16 systems. Regards Alan ------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. A.P. Boyle Earth & Ocean Sciences, 4 Brownlow Street, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GP, U.K. Tel/FAX: (0151) 794 5154/5196 Dept home page http://www.liv.ac.uk/earth <http://www.liv.ac.uk/earth> "The great tragedy of Science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact." Thomas Huxley (1825-1895) ------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Petwksp mailing list Petwksp at serc.carleton.edu http://serc.carleton.edu/mailman/listinfo/petwksp <http://serc.carleton.edu/mailman/listinfo/petwksp>