diff --git a/plugins/Microscope.form b/plugins/Microscope.form
index f951867..ca68049 100644
--- a/plugins/Microscope.form
+++ b/plugins/Microscope.form
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
                           <Component id="processVariablePanel2" linkSize="1" alignment="0" min="-2" pref="324" max="-2" attributes="0"/>
                       </Group>
                   </Group>
+                  <Group type="102" alignment="0" attributes="0">
+                      <EmptySpace type="separate" max="-2" attributes="0"/>
+                      <Component id="checkHighDef" min="-2" max="-2" attributes="0"/>
+                  </Group>
               </Group>
               <EmptySpace max="-2" attributes="0"/>
           </Group>
@@ -51,7 +55,9 @@
               <Component id="processVariablePanel1" min="-2" max="-2" attributes="0"/>
               <EmptySpace max="-2" attributes="0"/>
               <Component id="processVariablePanel2" min="-2" max="-2" attributes="0"/>
-              <EmptySpace pref="109" max="32767" attributes="0"/>
+              <EmptySpace pref="68" max="32767" attributes="0"/>
+              <Component id="checkHighDef" min="-2" max="-2" attributes="0"/>
+              <EmptySpace type="separate" max="-2" attributes="0"/>
               <Component id="buttonDefineBeam" min="-2" max="-2" attributes="0"/>
               <EmptySpace min="-2" pref="26" max="-2" attributes="0"/>
           </Group>
@@ -129,5 +135,14 @@
         <Property name="showTitle" type="boolean" value="true"/>
       </Properties>
     </Component>
+    <Component class="javax.swing.JCheckBox" name="checkHighDef">
+      <Properties>
+        <Property name="selected" type="boolean" value="true"/>
+        <Property name="text" type="java.lang.String" value="High definition"/>
+      </Properties>
+      <Events>
+        <EventHandler event="actionPerformed" listener="java.awt.event.ActionListener" parameters="java.awt.event.ActionEvent" handler="checkHighDefActionPerformed"/>
+      </Events>
+    </Component>
   </SubComponents>
 </Form>
diff --git a/plugins/Microscope.java b/plugins/Microscope.java
index d57c6cf..67bb5a5 100644
--- a/plugins/Microscope.java
+++ b/plugins/Microscope.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ public class Microscope extends Panel {
         buttonDefineBeam = new javax.swing.JButton();
         motorPanel2 = new ch.psi.pshell.swing.MotorPanel();
         processVariablePanel2 = new ch.psi.pshell.swing.ProcessVariablePanel();
+        checkHighDef = new javax.swing.JCheckBox();
 
         renderer.setAutoscrolls(true);
         renderer.setDeviceName("mic-high");
@@ -89,6 +90,14 @@ public class Microscope extends Panel {
         processVariablePanel2.setShowSlider(false);
         processVariablePanel2.setShowTitle(true);
 
+        checkHighDef.setSelected(true);
+        checkHighDef.setText("High definition");
+        checkHighDef.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
+            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
+                checkHighDefActionPerformed(evt);
+            }
+        });
+
         javax.swing.GroupLayout layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(this);
         this.setLayout(layout);
         layout.setHorizontalGroup(
@@ -105,7 +114,10 @@ public class Microscope extends Panel {
                             .addComponent(motorPanel1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                             .addComponent(motorPanel2, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                             .addComponent(processVariablePanel1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 324, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
-                            .addComponent(processVariablePanel2, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 324, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))))
+                            .addComponent(processVariablePanel2, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 324, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)))
+                    .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
+                        .addGap(18, 18, 18)
+                        .addComponent(checkHighDef)))
                 .addContainerGap())
         );
 
@@ -124,7 +136,9 @@ public class Microscope extends Panel {
                 .addComponent(processVariablePanel1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                 .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                 .addComponent(processVariablePanel2, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
-                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED, 109, Short.MAX_VALUE)
+                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED, 68, Short.MAX_VALUE)
+                .addComponent(checkHighDef)
+                .addGap(18, 18, 18)
                 .addComponent(buttonDefineBeam)
                 .addGap(26, 26, 26))
         );
@@ -173,8 +187,13 @@ public class Microscope extends Panel {
         
     }//GEN-LAST:event_buttonDefineBeamActionPerformed
 
+    private void checkHighDefActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {//GEN-FIRST:event_checkHighDefActionPerformed
+        renderer.setDeviceName(checkHighDef.isSelected() ?  "mic-high" : "mic-low");
+    }//GEN-LAST:event_checkHighDefActionPerformed
+
     // Variables declaration - do not modify//GEN-BEGIN:variables
     private javax.swing.JButton buttonDefineBeam;
+    private javax.swing.JCheckBox checkHighDef;
     private ch.psi.pshell.swing.MotorPanel motorPanel1;
     private ch.psi.pshell.swing.MotorPanel motorPanel2;
     private ch.psi.pshell.swing.ProcessVariablePanel processVariablePanel1;