Microscope Photography and Video with Raspberry Pi HQ Camera

RE: Microscope Photography and Video with Raspberry Pi HQ Camera

wildcatgeo — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 14:58:28 GMT

Your issues with the edges of the image are strictly to do with the microscope adapter lens, the AMA050. You need another 2x or so lens added to that and itll focus in the center of that lens. I also have an amscope and it does the same on my high end camera because its not focusing beyond the edges of the sensor. Those are built for smaller CMOS sensors. You won't get those same issues if you find a better lens combination for the pi camera.

RE: Microscope Photography and Video with Raspberry Pi HQ Camera

kmikemoo — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 20:12:59 GMT

[mention:cff82ed12b714001a1ba5205f2cb553c:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05] That's brilliant! I love the adaptation. So practical. [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-44a44c98-12b2-41d3-bfd4-629454655556/contentimage_5F00_11380.png:16:16][View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-44a44c98-12b2-41d3-bfd4-629454655556/contentimage_5F00_11380.png:16:16]

RE: Microscope Photography and Video with Raspberry Pi HQ Camera

three-phase — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 19:17:31 GMT

Nice Frank. I presume with the right sense, a similar approach could be used for attaching the Pi camera to a telescope.

Kind regards

RE: Microscope Photography and Video with Raspberry Pi HQ Camera

genebren — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 15:54:38 GMT

Love it! I have been sitting on the fence with the purchase of a camera adapter for my microscope. I really like your approach to creating your own adapter to capture images. This is something that I will have to revisit after I have cleared my current backlog of projects.

I further like your mention of a thermal camera. It would be nice create a dual imaging approach so that you could overlay visual and thermal data.

Great job!

Gene

RE: Microscope Photography and Video with Raspberry Pi HQ Camera

maxpowerr — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 09:39:48 GMT

Good project

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javagoza — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 06:18:59 GMT

Frank, I love this project. It is very well done. Is there room to put a second camera in the other eyepiece? It would be great to use it with a virtual reality headset, returning the original stereo use to the new microscope. A weekend project is something very satisfactory and if you have good results, it is all good feelings.

RE: Microscope Photography and Video with Raspberry Pi HQ Camera

shabaz — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 00:32:42 GMT

Hi Frank,

Nice results! The imaging looks clear.

Like you, I keep a microscope mainly for kids to have fun with, rather than any PCB inspection I might need to do, since I too try to use large SMD mostly, and I can do that good enough with a mobile phone or head-mounted magnifier.

RE: Microscope Photography and Video with Raspberry Pi HQ Camera

robogary — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 00:10:56 GMT

Nice ! Very handy for looking for broken SMD components.

RE: Microscope Photography and Video with Raspberry Pi HQ Camera

fmilburn — Sun, 18 Jul 2021 23:48:24 GMT

I originally thought about using this project for the photography challenge but ended up using the thermal camera instead. Both projects are easily done on a weekend. Modifications to fit other microscopes would be expected with this one.