Bryan
If your friend can supply a photograph of his microscope and the attached close
up lens, that would help us to help him.
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Alan Wood
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> From: "bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Olympus group posting <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, 9 January, 2009 4:03:20
> Subject: [OM] (OM) Nykon digi to Olympus microscope.
>
> Hi all,
>
> An old friend and one-time colleague works in the USDA Forest Service (CA)
> as a plant pathologist.
>
> He just sent me a query about fitting a Nykon digi camera to an Olympus
> microscope. I don't know the answer. Can anyone here help?
>
> Here's his query:
>
> > Quick question. My lab just acquired an Olympus stereoscopic microscope,
> > with attached close up lens. The lens is as expected an Olympus lens.
> It
> > appears to be a specialty lens made specifically for the scope. It has a
> > bayonet mount, and I have only Nikon and Cannon bodies. Can I obtain a
> > T-mount to tie the Oly scope to my Nikon Digital camera ? Scope was US
> > Gov't surplus and it cost my lab nothing. I have a hold on 3 other
> > microscopes and will go to look at them before accepting them. The first
> > one was ordered blind, along with fridge freezer. I removed the lens
> > and found out it is a 2x converter that fits into the body of the camera
> > at one end and the microscope at the other end. It has no way to mount
> > another lens in front of it. The scope has a secondary tube to which I
> > could mount my Nikon. I was hoping to use the Olympus tube because it
> has
> > f stop control and depth of focus is usually the limitation of these
> > machines.
>
> Cheers, Brian Swale
>
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