Digital & Analog Camera Attachment Methods

Camera can be attached over an eyepiece.
	At the left, the microscope camera is connected to a stereo microscope. Here we are using the 10mm lens and the 34mm adapter. The small thumb screw tightens down on the eyepiece lens and locks the camera in place. There is an extra long 10 foot cord that runs to your computer. The camera will see about 60% of the field of view. For example, with this microscope, at 10X, if you were looking through the eyepiece at a metric ruler, you would see about 20mm. With the camera connected, it will "see" about 12mm. In effect, you will be getting more magnification at the camera.
Digital camera can be attached to the trinocular port.
	At left, the digital camera is connected directly to a "C" mount adapter. The camera has standard C mount threads (25mm) and is connected without the 10mm lens. With the imaging software and the calibration slide, you can calibrate the system and make accurate measurements of length or area by drawing lines with your mouse on the image. The slide has a variety of different size calibration dots and is used with low power (stereo) or high power (compound) microscopes.
Digital / Analog Camera Output Capabilities
	All cables and a power supply are included. In this image, you see the back side of the camera. On the top row are the USB cable connection, S-Video and composite video connection. Power in jack is on the lower left and the red button is used to white balance the camera. To perform a white balance, you simply place a piece of white paper on your microscope stage and hold in the button for about 3 seconds. The camera will adjust color and render true colors for all specimens under those lighting conditions.

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