Canon 50D and 10x microscope lens

descall · Post by **descall** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 12:51 pm

Dear Forum,

I wish to have a go at using a 10x microscope objective with my Canon 50D in order to photograph some of the smallest moss (<2 mm tall) and liverwort species (long threads with stems no more than 0.1 mm wide) in my home office/studio. Please could you provide advise on a suitable microscope lens and the adapters/bellows/tubes needed between it and the Canon EOS 50D camera? I will have a StackShot macro rail and controller for use with the set-up, plus various lighting (e.g. Photonic PL 2000 with a double gooseneck arm) and software (Helicon Focus/Adobe Lightroom/Adobe Photoshop/EOS Utility). I'd like to not use flash and spend less than £500 on the objective/adapters/bellows/tubes if possible, but could go a little higher if the cost was worth it. Many thanks for your help.

Best wishes,
Des

Pau · Post by **Pau** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:00 pm

The best place to beguin:
http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... hp?t=12147
and for focusing,
http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... php?t=7298

descall · Post by **descall** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:18 pm

Many thanks, just what I was looking for!