Celestron 44345, Instruction Manual

You can take snapshots or a short video with your microscope 

with the built-in digital camera. With the internal storage memory, 

you do not need to use a PC or any other devices to do imaging. 
Transferring of images to your PC for saving and or printing them 
is easy and will be discussed later in this manual.

Note: If you are going to take images, do not connect 
the USB cable to your PC or damage could occur to the 
equipment. The USB cable is not used at all for  
taking images.

Settings and Information for the Digital Camera and the Touch 
Screen — 

The touch screen icons and their functions are quite 

easy to use and intuitive in nature. Below will be discussed the 
general use of the icons. Typically you use your fingers with the 
touch screen, but you can use the included touch pen as well.

The touch screen has 
various functions and 
choices among those 

functions. From the 

image to the left you 
will find the following 
twelve icons:

Note: After turning the LCD Monitor off, most settings will 
revert to the default settings.

Settings icon (10)

Language — choose from Chinese (simple or traditional), English, 
French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, 

and Spanish

Time for Auto Play Review — 1 second to 6 seconds
Memory — internal memory or SD Card
Time & Date — year, month, and date
Calibration — touch screen sensitivity (use touch pen) — point at 

the four corners and center crosses

Brightness — of touch screen
Auto Shutdown of Power — never to 5 minutes
Beep — beeps with each touch of the screen or you can turn it off
Default Factory Settings — change all back to factory settings

Pixel setting icon (5) 

Lightly tap the icon to change the pixel setting from 320 
(320x640), 640 (640x480), 1280 (1280x1024), 1600 (1600x1200), 
2048 (2048x1536), and 2560 (2560x 2048). 1600 is the sensor 
resolution and 2048 and 2560 give you higher resolution 

through interpolation. 

Snapshot selection (6)

Normal is single shot but you can set for timed or a burst of 

three shots.

Color effect (7)

Lightly tap the icon to change from black & white, sepia, 

negative, transparent, and normal (x).

Viewing / Snapshot mode (12)

When viewing specimens, you will see this icon on the right of 
the screen. After you have made the various settings above and 

you want to take snapshot images, you just lightly press the icon 
to take an image (or use the touch pen).

Image review (8)

In this mode, you can review the snapshot images you have 

taken. Just touch the arrows and touch the screen to navigate 

and to see full screen images, etc.

Video mode (4)

You can take videos in this mode.
To take videos, you need to make the settings first. In the image 
to the left, you will see the following icons on the screen after you 

press the Video icon. The icons on this image (Figure 11) do 

the following:

1.  Touch to go back to the viewing mode

2.  Set the pixel size to 160 or 320 (320 being a higher resolution for 

videos) by touching the screen. In 320 resolution it is 30 fps

3.  Set the color desired — black & white, sepia, negative, or normal by 

touching the screen

4.  Video quality setting — low, medium, or high quality by touching 

the screen

5.  Record Video — touch to begin video and touch again to stop 

the video

Video review (9)

In this mode you can review the videos you have taken. Just 
touch the arrows and touch/scroll the screen to navigate and view 

your videos and delete them if you choose.

EV Function (2, 3)

Adjustment for exposure value, which increases/decreases the 

brightness level.

Using an SD Card

You can take images (snapshot or video) by using an SD (Secure 

Digital) Card (Up to 16GB with SDHC of most brands). Your SD 
card is inserted in the LCD Monitor (Figure 1).
When you insert the SD card properly, the SD card icon will be 
visible in the Image Review mode or in the Set-Up mode for 
memory. When imaging this way the images are saved on the SD 

card and not in the internal storage memory.

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  1.  Digital Zoom Indicator

  2.  Increase EV Function
  3.  Decrease EV Function 
  4.  Video Mode

  5.  Pixel Setting
  6.  Snapshot selection

  7.  Color effect

  8.  Image review

  9.  Video review

  10. Settings

  11.  EV Value
  12.  Viewing/Snapshot Mode

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