Adapting Consumer Digital Cameras for Photomicrography: Technical Aspects
Joerg Piper · 2007
With regard to their value and qualitative aspects, high-level digital consumer cameras are attractive tools for photomicrography. Their images are comparable with analogue 35 mm film photographs. Compact and bridge cameras have several specific advantages such as less vibration associated with the shutter, display-based live imaging, and low or medium weight. Images taken with mirror-reflex cameras can be affected by lack of sharpness caused by vibration, dependent on their exposure and magnification, even when mirror lockup is used. Typically all automatic metering modes, including through-the-lens autoflash control, work properly. Furthermore, digital compact and bridge cameras can be successfully used for movies. This article describes methods for attaching these cameras to light microscopes and discusses some of the optical, mechanical and technical considerations.