Tuesday, October 18, 2011

What's a fairly simple way of taking a photo through a microscope?

Question

I have a simple microscope, with only one lens (though two eyepieces). Is there any way to do this, without too much money and modification?

Answer

If you have a SLR, it's as simple as pulling one of the microscope eyepieces, removing the SLR lens, and pointing the camera lens-box at the eyepiece hole.

You generally need to hold the camera about 1-2" from where the eyepiece sits.

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Nikon D80 AF sensor

You lose contrast from light-leakage, but it works pretty well.

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