Microphotography using an industrial 5Mpixel camera

Now, this model is not for sale but an equivalent is still available, costing about US100 also.

I also bought recently a student version with a maximum objective of less than 40x, because it is not capable of oil immersion but its tube is too short and its stage is too small to accommodate a micro adjustable stage.

It will be too difficult to move the glass slides. However, the student microscope comes with 5 sample glass slides.

Another potential problem is the lack of a condensor in the lighting system. The student microscope only comes with a mirror, because it is not designed for the 100x oil immersion objective.

As a rule of thumb, the maximum magnification of an objective is 1000x its N.A., numerical aperture. The 100x is 1.2, 40x is 0.65, the 10x is 0.25.

Based on the pictures taken, it was not clear when I used the 40x objective. It could be due to my poor lighting. I just use a portable LED lamp. Or due to the lack of oil immersion to improve the effective N.A.

Although we only need the 10x objective, we need the adjustable stage and condensor in order to get a clearer picture. I recommend we invest in the fully equipped US100 microscope such as this one.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-shipping-Top-Quality-Professional-Biological-Microscope-40X-1600X-Magnification-HD-high-powered-microscope-with-Abe/32515301441.html?spm=2114.search0104.3.123.4a137062KIZ2sh&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_5_10065_10068_319_10059_10884_317_10887_10696_100031_321_322_10084_453_10083_454_10103_433_10618_431_10307_537_536_10902,searchweb201603_45,ppcSwitch_0&algo_expid=9887c7fa-4be4-4ed4-ab17-07da1082cbf5-16&algo_pvid=9887c7fa-4be4-4ed4-ab17-07da1082cbf5&transAbTest=ae803_4

US $138.60 with a 2Mp eyepiece, but I recommend an industrial C screw 5Mp camera with adapters, which should cost the same.

I use these samples to take photos using an industrial camera with a resolution of 5Mpixel using a USB 2.0.

You can easily videos in Full HD at 30 fps using the S-Eye software which is provided but it is in chinese. Better download the free software from its website.

To get the advertised 5Mp at 15 fps, we need to use the provided amcap software.

I was able to take photos using my Sony A5100 also but I need to transfer it to this PC in order to post. The picture is also not impressive because it shows a circle. I need to edit the 24Mpixel picture but I do not think I can get more details than from this 5Mp camera.

To use a DSLR or mirrorless camera, I used an M42/T2 screw to C/CS screw adapter which I already have in preparation of taking these photos and videos.

I found that looking at the microscope appear meaningless if I cannot take photos or videos.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/5MP-binocular-stereo-microscope-USB-electronic-eyepiece-CMOS-digital-industrial-camera-for-image-capture-measurement-eyepiece/32904278973.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.3da24c4dasM9xK