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"Tungsten-balanced" color negative film is ideally suited to photomicroscopy, but nobody wants to hear that. Special-purpose digital microscope cameras are still expensive, spectacularly expensive if they are refrigerated to reduce noise. You can see some special-purpose camera options at www.mikronet.com and www.diaginc.com . The Mikron Instruments booth at a show in mid-April had a C-mount color camera for only $1500, but it's not obvious on their web site. The cheapest cameras from Diagnostic Instruments are probably good for crystals, but last time I asked, I think they were close to $5000. The cheapest digital SLR I can think of is the Pentax *istDL. You could in principle adapt it via "T-mount" for direct projection from the eyepiece. It would vibrate the microscope. www.bhphotovideo.com , for example, has it. You asked about filter threads. If your camera has its own lens (with filter threads), then the exit pupil of the microscope eyepiece has to be larger than the entrance pupil of the camera lens. That seems unlikely, unless it's a little point-and-shoot camera. Bernhard's microscope/camera seems sensible, at least on the web site... Why did I type all that? Because it's time to make a budget. Now I will ask a camera question: Why are special-purpose digital cameras for telescopes so much cheaper than for microscopes? It seems like they do the same thing, acumulate light energy for seconds or minutes without vibrating. www.adorama.com has them. -Dan (Anderson) On Thu, 18 May 2006, Lautenschlager, Catherine L wrote: > Does anyone have suggestions for a microscope camera, to take pictures of > wells? The cameras seem to range from $200-2000. Will any camera with a > filter thread work? We already have a C-mount... > > -Catherine >
