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Does this come with objectives?

I have one of these already. I use it in the field with my Macro lens!

I added a comment to this thread about gooseneck illuminators.

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Hi, I stumbled upon this post while googling. I was wondering if someone could help me understand why, a Dolan Jenner MI-150 Fiber Lite can list for $1-200 on ebay but also costs $700 new. I was also hoping one of you might be able to help me understand the pros/cons when compared to a Schott I was ...

Chas wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:40 pm

Just mess about and you will get there !

Thanks for the encouragement @Chas. I plan to play around a bit tonight to see what I can "see"! The laser idea is pretty novel, after I posted it, and re-read what I said I had a facepalm moment, my camera being "mirrorlesss" and all.

Speaking of sighting my subject, e.g. finding the working distance, I came across this article about shining a laser. http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... hp?t=25307 I am now wanting to know if there is any harm in doing so on a mirrorless camera, such as mine in the photo above: OM-1

Thank you for your reply. I slapped the 10x on and "tried" to get it to focus, I didn't try long, but did not get anything in view. My question is/was more of, do I need X amount of spacer distance to make it focusable (sweetspot) or do I just need to take more time with focusing it with what I have...

I finally got my cone adapter from Raf. Am I going to be in need of spacers to get the 10x objective to the correct distance to be in focus? If so, will one of you please help me out? I do not understand how to measure.

Great, and thank you for your reply.

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Sorry, complete brain fart. I 10000% meant sensor, not mirror since well, the OM-1 is a mirrorless micro 4/3rds camera!

Hi All, wanting to follow up on this post. How will I know how much distance, is required for a Microscope Objective to be placed in from of my Olympus OM-1 mirror? I have 26mm extension tubes already and the T mount I mentioned up above.

Do consider a cone-shaped adapter* ...they are very lightweight (~100grams) and ergonomic. They can be purchased for around 25$ (some cost nearly double that, for some reason). As far as objective quality goes; most bottom end 4x 5x finite objectives work pretty reasonably. * This sort of thing: ht...

Thank you both for your replies. No, I do not know the diff between T2 and M42. Thank you for the link @imkap, I'll check it out. I will have to also look into bellows and all the spacing you both mentioned. This would also be for my OM-1 camera system which is a Micro 4/3 lens. Do you know if anyon...

Hi everyone, I have seen numerous folks talk about how they use their digital camera with a micrsocope objective attached to it, for some amazing macro photography. I have also been told by numerous folks to buy such and adapter. I can not, for the life of me, understand nor figure out what "key wor...

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Anyone have any links to a reputable distributor of Hoyers in the US?

Thanks!

Wanting to begin making some permanent slide mounts. I came across this kit on Amazon (I know, I know, will buy elsewhere) But first wanted to know if anyone has used this or something similar. Open to ideas. This would be for myxomycete slides (slime molds) so spores, cappilitition and possibly fru...

jmp wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 09, 2023 4:51 am

As far as I know, WINE does not have a USB emulation layer. You'd need to use a virtual machine (KVM, VMWARE or VirtualBox) if you want to run Windows software in a Linux host and have access to USB devices.

I tried to wine piximetre... complete fail

So now, I use Fiji

Can yo be specific:

misspixels wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 26, 2023 10:09 pm

Hello, thank you. I have read the thread you mentioned. I bought one of the recommendation in the thread and its not working with my OM-D
-Isabelle

FWIW, I have a swift 350T and an OM 1. I have no issues using the AM Scope T mount with the micro 4/3 adapter.

Not to be trite, but if you look a few posts down, you'll see my post and will find the answer with in. https://www.microbehunter.com/microscopy-forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=17697 What you'll need is the T adapter and an adapter ring for our micro 4/3rds camera. Probably looking at around $150 total. G...

Forgive my ignorance, but is T2 the adapter type for the intial link I posted: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005OZ5NXU/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00 If so, then yea, the links you mentioned are what I am looking for! Why not get a M4/3 to T2? Like this: https://www.amazon.com/Fotasy-MAT2-M...

Thank you both for your reply.

Yes, my camera is the new Olympus OM-1 mirrorless Micro Four Thirds camera:
https://asia.olympus-imaging.com/produc ... index.html

So its not a SLR, AFAIK

Hi, I am wanting to know if you fine folks can help me source a good/cheap adapter so I may continue to use my Canon T-adapter with my Olympus OM1 camera. This is my T mount: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005OZ5NXU/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00 This is/was my adapter for my Canon M50 Mark ...

For MacOS users, piximetre is a no go. I have been using Fiji (imageJ) with great success. I also found a measuring plugin that "worked" but had some bugs. I forked it and fixed it and wrote a comprehensive Read me.

https://github.com/Elaniobro/Microscope ... /README.md

Alexander wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 06, 2022 4:42 pm

Most probably the problem sits in the process not in the equipment.

@alexander; right you were. I was miscalculating by a decimal point.

Thank you for your reply, what makes me believe its not the process, is the fact that I have been able to calibrate my iPhone with the same microscope

Hi everyone, thank you all for your previous help in my earlier post found here: Canon Mirroless Adapter I have since recieved my Canon M50 markII camera, and have set up my trinoc to recieve it. Pictures come out great! So, I decided to throw my stage micrometer slide on, take some photos and calib...

I went with Geo mans suggestion and got this:https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00P25XGVI/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1 Works like a charm! I was talking to my buddy about my macro lens, that I also got. He said I need a tube to extended it to get really close up, or to reverse the len...

This is from someone who is mostly happy with a Nikon D750 DSLR in Live View mode but has equipped half a dozen other scopes with various mirrorless cameras (mostly Nikon and Sony, though Canon and others can be excellent choices).

I would love some help with my mirrorless setup.

I should preface my reply with the fact that I am a camera n00b. I am trying my best to research this to put together a setup, and think it through. Hence, why I am posting here. Thank you for your reply. Option B sounds ideal to me. Do you happen to have a link to a website that might sell such EOS...

Hi, me again. I am wanting to know what type of adapter do I need to mount my camera to my microscope. I have a previous discussion I started titled: Camera Choice Help (Thank you all for your comments/feedback and contributions to the discussion) I bought an AM scope microscope camera adapter some ...