Significance of Difference between No-Name DSLR Adapters?
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2021 1:35 am
Hi all!
I'm new to the forum and to microscopy! At Oliver's suggestion (via the main website and his YT videos), I purchased a Swift 380T and am especially excited to use the trinocular mount to take some pretty videos with my kids! As I've slid down the rabbit hole towards finding a cost-effective camera setup, it seems that there are varied options and nothing is entirely plug-and-play unless you purchase a dedicated camera. Given that I have an old Canon T3i, I wanted to explore the DSLR adapter route, and to that end, have found three variations of the fabled "no-name" DSLR adapter, but am not sure what the significance of the differences are.
First we have the original one Oliver reviewed (and which he found to be decent for compound scopes, but not stereo ones). I've also since found two variants of this, each with a diaphragm adjuster, with one having it near the top (you can see how it works in the video on the listing) and the other having it on the shaft of the tube. To make things more exciting, this latter variant comes in two versions, a 2x and a 9.6x one.
Does anyone have any experience with this mess of variation? My initial thought is that the diaphragm adjustment may be of some value since these manufacturers are touting these as "New 2020" ones, but as I said, I haven't even looked through my microscope for more than 20 minutes, so I am pretty clueless. I'd like to be able to take some nice videos of rotifers and stuff, nothing too fancy, but I'd like to make an informed purchase here if I can. My guess also is that the 9.6x is unnecessary magnification (which begs the question of why it's being offered)
Many thanks in advance for any help or insight you can provide!
I'm new to the forum and to microscopy! At Oliver's suggestion (via the main website and his YT videos), I purchased a Swift 380T and am especially excited to use the trinocular mount to take some pretty videos with my kids! As I've slid down the rabbit hole towards finding a cost-effective camera setup, it seems that there are varied options and nothing is entirely plug-and-play unless you purchase a dedicated camera. Given that I have an old Canon T3i, I wanted to explore the DSLR adapter route, and to that end, have found three variations of the fabled "no-name" DSLR adapter, but am not sure what the significance of the differences are.
First we have the original one Oliver reviewed (and which he found to be decent for compound scopes, but not stereo ones). I've also since found two variants of this, each with a diaphragm adjuster, with one having it near the top (you can see how it works in the video on the listing) and the other having it on the shaft of the tube. To make things more exciting, this latter variant comes in two versions, a 2x and a 9.6x one.
Does anyone have any experience with this mess of variation? My initial thought is that the diaphragm adjustment may be of some value since these manufacturers are touting these as "New 2020" ones, but as I said, I haven't even looked through my microscope for more than 20 minutes, so I am pretty clueless. I'd like to be able to take some nice videos of rotifers and stuff, nothing too fancy, but I'd like to make an informed purchase here if I can. My guess also is that the 9.6x is unnecessary magnification (which begs the question of why it's being offered)
Many thanks in advance for any help or insight you can provide!