Eyepiece lighting.

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Greg Howald
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Eyepiece lighting.

#1 Post by Greg Howald » Fri Apr 16, 2021 5:16 pm

I was not really satisfied with results from outside lighting sources such as flashlights to light a specimen for reflective lighting techniques so I made an LED fixture to fit into an eyepiece socket or into the camera tube to observe opaque specimens. It will work. My light was just a 1 watt led. You can do it but be careful. The brightness can burn your eyeballs right out of their sockets. Best figure out how to diminish the intensity.
Greg

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