solo - 31-3-2008 at 05:42
I've recently had to do some comparative microscope analysis to identify some unknown samples.....I documented my work with my digital camera ( see
pic)...but the field is very small......now, I have a broken cell phone with a good camera....I wonder if there is a way to use the small camera to
take pictures and how I can adapt that or perhaps it isn't the right field of depth to do this......I know there are specialty cameras to do this but
I lack the bucks to buy one so I though I would try to build one myself or at least adapt something I have to my specific interest........solo
not_important - 31-3-2008 at 06:43
There was a microscope, made by Intel yet, that used a CCD camera like the ones used in low end Webcams. Not very complex, I suspect a low end
microscope coukd be adapted be means of a holder to place the camera correctly in relationship to the microscope optics. An extra lens may be needed.
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/intelplay/index.html
I assume that enough of the phone works that you can use it to take and transfer photos be some means. If not it could prove a challenge to interface
the camera to the outside world.
chemkid - 31-3-2008 at 11:17
I have had success simply using a digital camera. I just place the lens against the lens of the microscope. You might need better lighting on your
scope. What kind of microscope are you using? Pictures of my microscope photography can be found here http://chemistry29.googlepages.com/template20. I did these with a biological microscope with under stage lighting. I also have also taken photos
with my binocular stereoscopic microscope.
Chemkid