michael_thompson8 Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Is there any way to take pictures thru a microscope with a Pentax 67? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neal_shields Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Yes. One of the older tricks is to simply set up a tripod so that the lens looks in the eyepiece of the microscope without touching and place an dark cloth or piece of pipe insulating foam between the two. There are several good microphotography sites on the web. Nikon has a site, Olympus has a site and Micorscopy UK is a good site. I have just gotten started and am using 35mm and 4x5 The trick is not getting a picture it is getting a picture worth having. To do that you get into special lighting. See the nikon or olympus site. Something to shoot for: http://www.microscopyu.com/smallworld/gallery/contests/2005/index2005.html http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmay05/swgallery1.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george_stewart1 Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 I've done microscopy with a Pentax 67 and 35mm. I had a Pentax lens reversing ring welded onto a T-ring adapter. This setup worked fine but I often found softness at the edge of the film - probably due to the ocular not being designed to project a flat field over such a large surface area. Instead, I'd recommend getting a modest digital SLR and creating mosaiced images that are as large as but better in quality than if one had used 4x5. Because the digital sensor is smaller the image quality is likely to be higher than if spreadout over a larger area. By taking 20 images and putting them together in a computer, I think the overall quality will be greater than 4x5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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