Thank you for sharing your knowledge, Scott. I'm looking for a low cost solution, but you've given me a lot of ideas.
Best, CC On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Scott Dorsey <[email protected]> wrote: > Any standard microscope will work with a Bolex.... Edmund Optics will > sell you a standard device that will replace the eyepiece of the scope > and attach a C-mount lens to it. The eyepieces have all been made to a > DIN standard so just about any microscope since the late 1930s will have > the same arrangement. Edmund will also sell you a relay lens arrangement > which may be needed if you don't have a wide enough focussing range. > > It is _easier_ to use a microscope with beamsplitters that allow you to > look through the microscope at the same time the camera is running. Many > newer microscopes can be ordered with "trinocular heads" that have a > c-mount > on top which would allow you to connect a Bolex up and run it while looking > through the eyepieces. > > So... the questions begin with how much you want to pay and what kind of > magnification you need. You could get a cheap Spencer student microscope > for a hundred dollars or so and use the Edmund adaptor. You can spend > $180,000 for a Zeiss Axio with a built-in beamsplitter. Both will give > you good results at lower magnifications with enough light. The Zeiss > will have less flare and be a thousand times easier to use especially if > you're trying to track a moving object. > > If you're looking to buy an inexpensive scope in the $1000 region, I would > look at some of the Russian microscopes that Edmund Scientifics is selling. > (Edmund Scientifics is not the same company as Edmund Optics... they both > split off the same parent company but one got the conventional microscopes > and the other got stereoscopes). > > Unless you're looking for lower magnifications (sub-100X) in which case > ignore > all this and look at the Mitutoyo machinist's inspection scopes. > --scott > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > -- Caryn Cline Filmmaker and Teacher New York City and Seattle, WA vimeo.com/carynyc
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