That looks like some serious magnification. What is the actual size?
Is that taken with an Olympus pen? Have just bought a second hand E-P2 - sans lens - which I am planning to use with my 50mm 1.8 lens (leftover from my OM1 and OM2 days) as soon as the adapter I ordered (from china) arrives. Any tips?
Amphora ovalis ventral view
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Michael Reese Much FRMS EMS Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
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As the senior product support specialist I used to provide technical support for Olympus consumer products (digital cameras, digital voice recorders, etc. ) so in terms of your EP-2, you have my sympathy. I won an EP-1 in an international photomicrography competition a few years ago and have yet to find it useful. Right now, it sits on my phase contrast scope, which I rarely use.
Yes, I agree the magnification is severe. I recently purchased a 60x objective and I'll see if the image quality is better.
At one time, Olympus made very good digital cameras. Right now my walking around cameras are a couple of used C-7000s.
The main problem with Micro Four Thirds cameras such as your E-P2 is that they are not supported by Olympus Studio since the cameras do not have a USB compuer contorl mode, which is an oversight my associates and I had complained about for years.
Yes, I agree the magnification is severe. I recently purchased a 60x objective and I'll see if the image quality is better.
At one time, Olympus made very good digital cameras. Right now my walking around cameras are a couple of used C-7000s.
The main problem with Micro Four Thirds cameras such as your E-P2 is that they are not supported by Olympus Studio since the cameras do not have a USB compuer contorl mode, which is an oversight my associates and I had complained about for years.
Michael Reese Much FRMS EMS Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
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That is something that may turn out to be a drawback in the future. Right now a manually focusable camera with a very good lens will be a big step up for me.Olympusman wrote:...not supported by Olympus Studio since the cameras do not have a USB computer control mode...
Is that a dry 60x you picked up? That sounds very nice.
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Yes, it's a dry 60X. Hopefully today I'll find the time to do some tests.
As for manual focus. you can get a Micro Four Thirds to OM adapter and use OM lenses. I use a 50mm f1.4 on my EP-1 as a relay lens on my phase contrast scope. Many people use manual lenses on PENs to shoot video because of the autofocus and exposure problems the cameras have when shooting video.
As for manual focus. you can get a Micro Four Thirds to OM adapter and use OM lenses. I use a 50mm f1.4 on my EP-1 as a relay lens on my phase contrast scope. Many people use manual lenses on PENs to shoot video because of the autofocus and exposure problems the cameras have when shooting video.
Michael Reese Much FRMS EMS Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA