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<blockquote data-quote="Bob Blaylock" data-source="post: 198934" data-attributes="member: 16749">Some years ago, when my father passed away, I inherited, among other things, his microscope.[ATTACH]52816[/ATTACH]&nbsp; I soon discovered that by pointing a cheap digital camera into the eyepiece, I could take much, much, much better pictures than I previously imagined would be possible by such a crude method.&nbsp; But now, I have my very first non-cheap digital camera, a Nikon D3200, I'm wondering what it would take—if it's possible at all—to use it to take pictures through this microscope.&nbsp; Optically, I doubt I'd just be able to point it into the eyepiece.&nbsp; Every lens I have to fit the D3200 has a front element bigger than the diameter of the eyepiece.&nbsp; It'd be looking around the microscope as much as through it.&nbsp; Also, the weight of the DSLR, I think, might be enough to push the microscope out of focus.&nbsp; It'd be great if I could make this work, but I'm dubious.&nbsp; Anyone have any advice?&nbsp; What I want to do, is it feasible; and if so, how?[ATTACH]52817[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]52818[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]52819[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]52820[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]52821[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]52822[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]52823[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]52824[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]52825[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]52826[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]52827[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]52830[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bob Blaylock, post: 198934, member: 16749"] Some years ago, when my father passed away, I inherited, among other things, his microscope. [ATTACH=CONFIG]52816._xfImport[/ATTACH] I soon discovered that by pointing a cheap digital camera into the eyepiece, I could take much, much, much better pictures than I previously imagined would be possible by such a crude method. But now, I have my very first non-cheap digital camera, a Nikon D3200, I'm wondering what it would take—if it's possible at all—to use it to take pictures through this microscope. Optically, I doubt I'd just be able to point it into the eyepiece. Every lens I have to fit the D3200 has a front element bigger than the diameter of the eyepiece. It'd be looking around the microscope as much as through it. Also, the weight of the DSLR, I think, might be enough to push the microscope out of focus. It'd be great if I could make this work, but I'm dubious. Anyone have any advice? What I want to do, is it feasible; and if so, how? [ATTACH=CONFIG]52817._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]52818._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]52819._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]52820._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]52821._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]52822._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]52823._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]52824._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]52825._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]52826._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]52827._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]52830._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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