Digital photomicroscopy

[ffutures]

I'm now using a digital camera (currently a FujiFilm Finepix 2800) for nearly everything I formerly did with 35mm. The sole exception is photomicroscopy; don't do it very often, in fact I haven't needed to do it since I went digital, but so far I have no good way to get a photo from a microscope except by scanning a print.

Needless to say I can't afford a digital with interchangeable lenses, which would probably have a proper microscope adapter available, so I suspect that I may have to think about some sort of add-on adapter going in front of the zoom. This is usually the recipe for crappy results, so if anyone has any better ideas (other than modifying a webcam or something, which would be too low definition to be useful) I'd be grateful for your comments.

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[sbisson.livejournal.com]

Can you get hold of one of those Intel digital camera microscopes from a couple of years ago? They weren't big sellers, so I'd guess finding one cheap on eBay might work...

http://search.ebay.co.uk/ws/search/SaleSearch?soloctog=1&maxrecordsreturned=300&socurrencydisplay=2&saavailabletosite=3&ht=1&sosortproperty=1&satitle=Intel+Microscope&sorecordsperpage=50

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

We've got one at work, it's crap. Basically a modified webcam attached to a toy microscope, very low resolution and nowhere near high enough magnification for my needs.