Canon Eos Rp question

[moetzmoet]

hi,

I"m awaiting my first hobby telescope i ordered. While waiting i was wondering i have an Canon RP digital camera. What would i need to be able to take photo's/videos with the camera on the microscope ?

thanks in advance for any input.

[blekenbleu]

Specifics of your microscope will help narrow choices,
but in general being mirrorless gives your RP several advantages:

• electronic shutter and no mirror eliminates much vibration

• short flange-to-sensor distance makes possible some finite microscope options unavailable with SLRs

• flip LCD helps focus, even without attaching a larger display by HDMI or USB tether

To minimize vibrations, remote shutter release is wanted,
either by USB tether and software, smartphone and Canon app,
or some dedicated wired or wireless remote shutter release.

Several parts may be used to mechanically anchor the RP to your microscope.
Many adapters use M42 or T2 threads.

Some options involve replacing the RP's lens with dedicated microscope optics.
To potentially exploit RP's short flange-to sensor distance,
consider a thinner RF to M42 (or RF to T2) adapter:

rather than a thicker one:


If your microscope lacks a trinocular head,
then another option (afocal) involves centering the RF and its lens over a microscope ocular,
in which case the above adapters are of no use,
since they are used when a camera's lens is replaced by microscope optics.
Instead, use a step-down ring from the camera's lens filter size to M42 or T2,
then some M42 or T2 adapter which clamps to the microscope's eye tube.

[LouiseScot]

Hi

Attaching a dslr to a Swift 380T was something I did at the beginning of last year.

So you might find my old thread useful viewtopic.php?f=9&t=11789#p96747

Louise