I do exactly as Steve however; I use a Nikon Coolpix 4500. The images
are excellent! This camera has advantages over the Coolpix 4800 as
follows:
1- It is easier to see the image as the screen pivots
2- The lens moves internally so there is no movement of the camera on
the eyepiece when it is focusing
3- You can purchase a ring adaptor for use with a trinocular microscope

This product is discontinued but I see some used units on the eBay for
$300. The next closest Nikon camera is the new S4 or S10 but I am not
aware of their image quality.

Hope this helps,
Paymon

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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Gregory
Sent: June 1, 2007 2:03 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [TN] Microscope camera, I deny pay all that money!

Hi Inge!

Every picture I've taken and posted on my web page is from a Nikon
Coolpix 4800 through the eyepiece of a regular microscope. I've been
doing that since I left California in 1999.

It's simple, just focus in what you want to look at, carefully hold the
camera lense up against the microscope eyepiece, look at the display on
the back of the camera until you like what you see, and then snap the
picture! I usually take at least a couple of photos to be sure I get a
nice clear one, but you tell me, do you like the pictures I post? My
Nikon camera was only $349...

Steve Gregory 

-----Original Message-----
From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hfjord
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 12:47 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [TN] Microscope camera, I deny pay all that money!

Hi, is there possibly a subdivision for skinflints in TechNet?
I want a good microscope camera and a program for PC. There are numerous
of brands, most of them very good, like Olympus, Nikon, Kappa etc. But
the price! 5,000 USD and up. It's robbery. You get a super system SLR
digital camera for 1,000. Much more advanced than a microscope camera.
The microscope camera does not even use a advanced lense, the projection
just leaves the trinocular and hit the chip. There must be a way to buy
good digital stuff and put together with a cheap image processing
program. You may buy a cheap digital camera, design a C-ring adapter and
use the framegrabber in Pinnacle 10, just one example. Won't cost more
than 1,000.  I know in principal what to do, but there use to be people
who are very creative on these things. Anyone who have a good proposal?

The cheapskate

Inge

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