Microphotography - The Art and Science of Taking Pictures straight through a Microscope

Taking digital photos through a microscope is the best way to reserve the images that you observed through microscope lens. The digital photos can be used for documentation, publication or just for fun of sharing the extraordinary view you have. It can be fascinating because of the low light conditions. However, taking pictures through microscope have never been easier with the advances in digital technology. In this article, I want to introduce you four separate ways to take photos through a microscope.

Taking pictures with snapshot cameras: Most buyer cameras are snapshot cameras. The quality of the cameras in this type is improving and the prices of these cameras are continued to drop. (An entry level Canon powershot® camera, beginning colse to 0s at the time of writing). These cameras also come with many pre-configured settings suitable for separate conditions. Taking photos with snapshot cameras is relatively fool proof. Although convenient, none of the preset configuration is optimized for microphotography. You typically need to adjust the camera zoom, white balance, exposure payment to optimize the photo quality.

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How To:To take the pictures using snapshot camera, you need to get the camera as close to the eyepiece as inherent then take photograph directly through the eyepiece. The main challenge of this formula is the difficulty of locating ideal placement of the camera and to hold it still. You can no ifs ands or buts fix the question by attaching a commercially available universal camera adapter to the tripod socket then attach the adapter to the microscope eyepiece.

Taking pictures with Dslr cameras: Dslr cameras are mostly used by professional and hobbyists to capture professional photographs. The photograph quality is first-rate to most snapshot cameras. They regularly allow you to use interchangeable lens. The quality to configure the hand-operated setting also is also first-rate to snapshot cameras.. You may set the extended exposure time or high sensitivity to optimize the photo shooting at low light condition.

How to: To take the pictures with the Dslr through a microscope, take off the lens and attach the camera to the microscope camera adapter which essentially is a camera adapter with build-in eyepiece. Some Dslr models offer the remote control and previewed on computer screen which is much larger than the small view finder of the camera.

Microscope camera: These cameras are specifically designed for microscopes. They typically cost more for less resolution, but they have the advantage of directly controlled by computers. Images and videos can be captured to the computer hard drive without having to change the images from the flash disk. The qualities of these cameras assorted greatly. The resolutions of these cameras range from 640 x 480 to any mega pixels. There are two types of chips inside microscope cameras - the Ccd (charged coupled device) chip and the Cmos (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) chip. A Ccd chip generally produces higher quality images in low-light conditions and is better for publication quality images. Cameras with Ccd chips generally cost more than those with Cmos chips. Unlike the Dslr or snap shot cameras which have many buttons. These cameras typically controlled by computers using Usb connection.

How to: To take photos with microscope cameras, you need to setup the camera driver and image capture software. These cameras can be attached to a microscope adapter like the Dslr and drop into the eyepiece socket for photo taking. The configurations of cameras are regularly controlled by computer.

Build-in Digital Camera: Some microscopes come with a build-in camera. These cameras are in fact a microscope cameras attached to a third port of a trinocular microscope. The photo quality of these cameras is regularly better than others - not in terms of mega pixel, but with better resolution, field of view and integration.

How to: Taking photos with microscope build-in digital camera is painless. You can either taking the photos with the camera shooter button or with image capturing software. No adapter is needed. However, they regularly cost more than other options.

Microphotography - The Art and Science of Taking Pictures straight through a Microscope

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