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ArsVitae
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camera for fisher scope

Post by ArsVitae »

Hi, this is my first post.

I purchased one of this second hand and no manual, I do not have idea of waht system use this. C-mount? well I want to take oics with quality enought to publish in zines. I see this camera, is enough? Of course I do not want a black rectangle with the image in a circle. Maybe a DSRL is best? but what sensor size? full frame? and what adaptors? The cameras with large tubes with lenses are for oculars? Well guys I 'm totally lost!! :)
I need 9mgpix or more

https://www.ebay.de/itm/C-MOUNT-MIKROSK ... 1438.l2649

someone use this camera? quality? noise?

someone have the manual of this scop?

https://www.fishersci.co.uk/shop/produc ... f=11350102

TIA
Gabriel

apt403
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Post by apt403 »

I can't comment on that particular scope, but here's a link that might help a bit with something:

https://www.microscopyu.com/tutorials/m ... resolution

I'd recommend against a FF camera - A used micro 4/3 or APS-C body would be preferable. Most objectives aren't designed for very large images circles - The ~44mm FF sensor diagonal requires careful objective choice.

I'd also recommend going w/ a body that has an electronic shutter. Not a requirement, but I've had to get clever with flash to get around the shutter-actuation induced motion.

In general, you're going to need an adapter of some sort for the camera port (you do have the trinocular version, right?), and a system for getting the right distance between the sensor and the objective (extension tubes, bellows, even PVC pipe cut to length w/ careful flocking would work). If these are finite objectives (marked w/ a focal length in mm as opposed to the ? symbol), that should be all there is to it.

My first setup involved taking off the ocular tube and eye piece on a monocular scope and placing a DSLR body directly against the flange, nothing in between. It worked okay, albeit at much reduced magnification because the tube length was about 1/2 of what it needed to be.

Now I've got the camera mounted on a set of bellows, which I attached to a tripod w/ a ball head. The whole assembly is just moved over the microscope stand and it works pretty well - The objective quality is the limiting factor in that setup.

What's your budget, and how user friendly do you want things to be?

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