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Mineral Photographycamera-microscope adapters
11th Feb 2012 18:01 UTCHans Swarts
I have an Olympus SZ30 microscope I picked up at a yard sale for $20. A couple of new eyepieces (GWH10x) and I'm good to go for viewing my micromounts.
Now I'd like to try my hand at photographing some of my better specimens.
I have a little digital camera - Canon PowerShot SX100 - and I wondering if/where I can get an adapter that would enable mounting the camera on one of the eyepieces. I think I've also found software that would enable me to control the camera from my laptop.
I'd like to see what I can do with the equipment I have.
Can anyone recommend an adapter, and where I could find same? Some basic tips would also be appreciated, as this aspect of micromounting is new to me.
Best Regards,
Hans
11th Feb 2012 18:19 UTCEugene & Sharon Cisneros Expert
You can find many sources for camera to microscope adapters by searching the internet. This company has one of the widest selections. http://www.zarfenterprises.com/
If you are handy with mechanical things and have a lathe, or hand tools and a bit of ingenuity, you can construct one from aluminum, or PVC, and a couple of surplus lenses.
It is possible to just mount the camera above the existing eyepiece (afocal method) and get reasonable results, but the above mentioned with provide better results.
Gene
11th Feb 2012 19:29 UTCHolger Klapproth
a 500 $ adapter for a 20$ microscope looks a bit like overkill to me. There are adapter available at ebay where you insert the adapter in the ocular tube and and get really acceptable pictures. I bought one for my microscope for about 130$ (for my Canon 1000D). If you have a bit of time you should be able to get one for your camera a lot cheaper.
With some cameras you just need an kind of "holder" to fix the camera in the ocular tube.
Best Regards
Holger
16th Feb 2012 22:37 UTCRon Gibbs
Anyway here is a link from my WEB site that shows some of the older telescope "gizmos" ... http://www.theimage.com/digitalphoto2/micro2.html
Also here is my home-made camera adapter variety that I used until I eventually got a DSLR and third port on my microscope. http://www.theimage.com/photography/photopg22.htm
I used simple PVC pipe fitting when I first started and got reasonable shots through it. I used the camera's zoom to avoid the otherwise present vignetting caused by the miss match of 10x optical lens and front camera element.
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