Saturday 2 March 2019

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


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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