Desktop units magnifying text from 2.5 to 19 times (low-power lens option), or from 3.5 to 27 times (high-power lens option) assuming the use of a standard 34 centimetre (14 inch) colour TV as a display unit. The lens option is set at the time of ordering. The standard option is high-power, giving the highest available magnification for general reading. However, if the user's main interest is looking at photographs, the low-power lens allows more material to be seen without needing to move it.
Grey scale (photographic) or digitally enhanced picture. Positive and negative polarity.
Full-colour setting (Colour version only).
Folds down for storage or transportation!
Manual or AUTOMATIC focus! Super-simple adjustment for picture size! Construction ensures that the camera always stays parallel to the work being viewed - could anything be simpler?
Manual or Automatic picture control.
Video (negative sync) or Channel 1 output: PAL C C I R (Australian) 625 line standard.
Solid-state illumination (six white LEDs) enhances ambient lighting, especially when camera unit is very close to the material being viewed. The light source is mounted so that it does NOT shine directly into the user's eyes.
Solid metal construction. Tray: not supplied as standard.
Dimensions: width 320 millimetres (12 and a half inches), depth 460 millimetres (18 and a quarter inches), height when folded 100mm (4 inches), height at minimum magnification (camera fully raised) 275 millimetres (11 and three-quarters inches).
Vertical clearance for working is 230 millimetres at minimum magnification. For handwriting, with clearance adjusted to 125 millimetres, magnification is 6 times (standard model).
Weight 2.5 kilograms (5 pounds).
Caulfield green matt finish.
Power requirements: external power pack supplied, 240 volts A.C. 50 Hertz to 12 volts 1 amp.
Metal tray with steel ball-bearing slides rated at 70 kilograms. Lockable in X- and Y-directions. Designed to exactly fit the width of the OptomA-F's baseplate.
Reversible tray cushion for hobby work. This stretches to fit the tray and has a white side and a black side for optimum contrast with your hobby work.