Ogles, worth the money or not?

[Seamazter]

http://ogles.info/default.aspx
Curious if this would be worth it, or is there a cheaper alternative

[plutoniumJoe]

It looks cool but I would have a tough time justifying $450.

[Wayne]

Um wow I thought the forehead prints on my tank glass was as close as you could get... I was wrong. :razz:

[Seamazter]

Um wow I thought the forehead prints on my tank glass was as close as you could get... I was wrong. :razz:

Nice one.

[lastlight]

I didn't think these had a camera adapter? Be funny if the images were in fact taken with a ref macro. I'd say buy a macro, pop it on a tripod and then go exploring. Could cost you twice as much but then you can capture what you see.

[monocus]

i picked up a digital microscope for $60 to observe my roterfers-hooks up to my computer and i can capture images as well as make movies-a lot cheaper alternative

[Wayne]

i picked up a digital microscope for $60 to observe my roterfers-hooks up to my computer and i can capture images as well as make movies-a lot cheaper alternative

Now that would be something that would be worth considering!

[zum14]

If you could take a piture through it itd be worth it. Otherwise id invest the cash into something that could capture the neat things you would see with that. Just my opinion.

[andestang]

How do you suppose they got their advertising pics ? simulated :smile: Yes it would need to be able to hook up to a camera to be worth while.

[lastlight]

I think the pics were are just your standard fare macros but I could be wrong. If $450 wasn't a huge deal to me I'd certainly love to have one of these. Nose to glass is great but sometimes I wanna get closer!

[Seamazter]

i picked up a digital microscope for $60 to observe my roterfers-hooks up to my computer and i can capture images as well as make movies-a lot cheaper alternative

I like your idea, where can i get one?

[Funky_Fish14]

I can certainly see it being possible to take pictures (especially if it 'suctions' on to the tank?)... I take pictures through REAL microscopes all the time with my phone's camera and it does a terrific job, and im doing it free-hand. With a tripod-mounted camera through that scope, im sure one could do those pics through there (Assuming it can zoom in that well)

[Delphinus]

I thought maybe Greg (Snappy) had one of these? I remember that page from someone saying they had one (or was thinking of picking up). Might be worth asking him if he has one and what he thinks of it.

I dunno, sounds neat, if I run out of things that cost $450 to buy I could consider it. But until then though I've got a long list of other things to work though. :lol:

[OceanicCorals-Ian-]

Take a peak here (http://reefbuilders.com/2010/02/05/nanoscope-dd-aquariums-solutions/), these are about $70 and we have access to them...

O.C.

[christyf5]

I got a chance to use one when I was down in Seattle for a reef meeting, Anthony Calfo had purchased one and let me try it. It is pretty awesome, has a very small viewing area but gets right in there. It works better for those corals closer to the glass. I would imagine a SLR with digital lens would simulate pretty much the same thing. Neato but not $450 neato in my opinion.