Do you need to quickly document potential invasive threats for specialist review?

Macropod PRO 3D records whole specimens and controlled macro detail. Feature size and working distance select the current Mitutoyo objective and whether the Micro Kit is required. Measurement claims require an appropriately configured, calibrated procedure.

What resolution, working distance, lighting, and daily volume are required?

Working distance, lighting, and feature scale select the configured lens or objective and lighting package. Daily volume determines whether repeated capture also needs automation.

Which scale, color, metadata, files, access controls, and chain-of-custody rules apply?

Scale and color requirements determine calibration. Metadata, file formats, access controls, and chain-of-custody rules determine file handling and operating procedures; equipment alone does not create an operationally validated system.

Does the agency need a pilot, equipment, training, support, or procurement documentation?

A non-operational service pilot establishes achievable imagery first; recurring approved work then supports an equipment, training, support, and procurement package.

Border biosecurity, pest and specimen review, and customs laboratories

Capture the specimen detail a remote specialist needs to see.

Create repeatable macro, micro, or 3D records of intercepted biological material and other small physical evidence. Whole-item context, diagnostic features, lighting, volume, file controls, and agency validation determine the setup.

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Lateral view of an emerald ash borer on wood, showing the complete specimen in context

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Do you need to quickly document potential invasive threats for specialist review?: Macropod PRO 3D records whole specimens and controlled macro detail. Feature size and working distance select the current Mitutoyo objective and whether the Micro Kit is required. Measurement claims require an appropriately configured, calibrated procedure.
What resolution, working distance, lighting, and daily volume are required?: Working distance, lighting, and feature scale select the configured lens or objective and lighting package. Daily volume determines whether repeated capture also needs automation.
Which scale, color, metadata, files, access controls, and chain-of-custody rules apply?: Scale and color requirements determine calibration. Metadata, file formats, access controls, and chain-of-custody rules determine file handling and operating procedures; equipment alone does not create an operationally validated system.
Does the agency need a pilot, equipment, training, support, or procurement documentation?: A non-operational service pilot establishes achievable imagery first; recurring approved work then supports an equipment, training, support, and procurement package.

Why Macroscopic Solutions

A scientific imaging workflow—not just a camera or microscope.

Since 2013, Macroscopic Solutions has helped research, public-sector, and technical teams turn difficult samples into useful visual records. We connect the system, optics, lighting, software, training, and service work around the result you need.

See the whole picture and the fine detail.Move from context to the features that matter without losing the relationship between them.
Make the useful view repeatable.Match the sample, scale, lighting, motion, and output to a documented imaging workflow.
Get practical help before and after purchase.Use application guidance, training, software support, and imaging services when equipment is not the immediate answer.

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Compare bee and wasp stinger detail.

Pan and zoom through a controlled biological-detail record that illustrates the macro-to-micro views a specialist may need when reviewing an insect specimen.

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Portable controlled imaging

Macropod PRO 3D

For a flexible lab or transportable station.

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Optical fine detail

Macropod Micro Kit

For linking whole-item and microscopic records.

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Mitutoyo Quick Image non-contact vision measuring system

Dimensional inspection

Mitutoyo optical and vision measurement

For measurement-first work; confirm calibration or traceability.

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3D reconstruction

Canon capture + Agisoft Metashape

For communicating shape and multi-angle context.

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Prefer finished imagery to an equipment purchase?

Use our imaging lab to document representative specimens.

Send representative specimens for controlled whole-item, microscopic, or multi-angle imaging. The finished records help teams evaluate image quality, handling, workflow, equipment, training, and procurement needs; the agency retains responsibility for operational approval.

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Evidence in practice

Review documented specimen imaging for biosecurity.

High-magnification emerald ash borer face illustrating invasive-pest specimen documentation

Peer-reviewed interception record

Macropod imaging of a U.S.-intercepted specimen

A peer-reviewed study used Macropod imagery to document an intercepted Conotrachelus specimen for identification research.

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Close view of a Macropod specimen-imaging workstation used during Hawaiʻi plant-biosecurity training

Plant health workflow

Hawaiʻi plant-biosecurity imaging and training

A Macropod setup session with the Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity Plant Pathology Unit focused on consistent specimen documentation and staff training.

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Biological specimen documentation

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The archive includes Western Australia biosecurity and Netherlands Institute for Vectors, Invasive Plants and Plant Health records. They show imaging use—not validated border deployment or endorsement.

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