# USB Webcam Lens Spacers and Camera Platforms

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**Created:** [2 August 2022 20:05 UTC](https://openflexure.discourse.group/t/usb-webcam-lens-spacers-and-camera-platforms/978 "2022-08-02T20:05:11Z")\
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I have now got the Arducam B0196 web cam lens spacer working in a manual Openflexure Microscope and giving nice images.

 ![fish blood - Arducam B0196](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/openflexure/original/2X/1/1f8be537661be4ccd497d4740ba632241836414b.jpeg)  
[prepared fish blood smear - much larger than mammalian blood cells]

As it is a USB camera this is just using the normal Windows Camera app. There is some green cast to the colour in the centre because we cannot apply a lens shading correction to account for the lens being positioned in a different position from the original design.

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