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Originally Posted by Bio_DUD  What is your setup for that microscopic picture Rip? I'm looking for an adapter for my Pentax K1000 and was wondering if it was worth it. Do you use a digital camera, a computer microscope or a film camera attachment.?
(I don't know if this is an appropriate place to ask that question...) |
I've just experimented by taking pics by hand thru an antique ocular with my digital camera (Optio 43 wr) and a Bresser Biolux AL microscope (almost toy, 89€ at Lidl, less at ebay.) The results have been far better than I expected. I'll probably make some kind of adapter one day.
(The microscope comes with a digital eyepiece (low resolution, small field of view, but perhaps usable) but I have no stable Linux driver for it yet, The eyepices and preparation tools which came with it truly suck. Objectives are far better than in childrens toy microscopes. It is usable for viewing microscopic features of mushrooms at 400x. Used medical student scope would be better of course.)
Here are some more images from the same sample, (Pan Goliath mounted in lactic acid / acid fuchsin,) 40x, 100x and 400x with two different focus. Unsharp mask, auto white balance and scale to 800x600 with Gimp. The chromatic aberration on edges is not as horrible visually as in pics. (I did not crop these.)