microscope arrived

[hasfam]

Good news and bad news. I got home from work last night about 10pm and the microscope had arrived. Spent an hour unpacking and reading booklet and playing with it. Realized it didn't come with a photo eyepiece or c-mount or anything else like that for neccessary for me to take pics. I contacted the company and asked about specific part numbers for this instrument. So still waiting. The instrument though is awesome.
Rock

[murphy]

Rock,
great! Are you able to line your camera up to one of the two eyepieces and get a photo that way?

[hasfam]

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Hey Murph,
Well I tried. But the picture floated around too much. Couldn't hold the camera steady enough I guess. Plus, the picture was circular with a dark shadow all around it. And it seemed further away. It looks like I'm going to need at least an eyepiece for the camera mount. I've been working long hours this week and haven't had a chance to mess with it. Tomorrow I will try some camera shots to see how they work. The aggravating thing is that I spent the extra money so I wouldn't have to monkey rig this and compromise the quality.
Anyway, Thats the story for now.
Rock

[coop]

Rock: that is how all images from scopes are. Round and a darkened edge. Set your camera for a larger image size and then crop the center to what you want to show and size and you have the outside part removed. You just have to save inside the lines. (Couldn't help that play on words: Usually they say "color inside the lines")