Even though the magnification of this microscope is nowhere near enough to be able to see things like bacteria, it serves really well, for having a closer and yet wider view of the subject. Which is all well and good. But if I’m writing about it, it would be really nice to be able to capture a picture of what I am writing about.
To that end, getting a photo of a subject under the scope, I had a couple of choices; The first is to try and get the image through the eyepiece using my phone. Sounds straightforward enough. But I have to admit that every attempt I have made to get the phone to look through the eyepiece has ended miserably.
Time then to bite the bullet, and buy a dedicated camera, but which one, and how much to spend? It turns out that one of the main features I needed to look at was the pixel number. There are two main sizes; 2 & 5 Megapixel – that doesn’t sound like much given today’s cameras. But a 2M camera is capable of capturing an image that can be happily displayed on a high definition TV. There are cameras with resolution greater than 5MP, but they are also significantly more expensive.
I decided on a budget of £100-£150, and actually ended up buying a camera for £71, pretty much in hte middle of the range. And, it’s a 2MP camera. So, let’s see how that turns out. It’s not due to arrive for a week (frustration!), but I am hoping that you will get to see more pictures.
i need to get a book I bought recently down off the shelf – The Amateur Naturalist by Geral Durrell. I won’t follow everything in the book, but it will give me some ideas.
