On 11/16/10 19:44, Julian Nomme wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> We are investigating the possibility to upgrade from an old 35mm film
> camera to a digitalcamera for taking crystal pictures through a
> microscope...
>
We are using an internet webcam for that purpose, the IQinvision IQeye3
(probably no longer available, it must be about 8 years old). It has its
own network port and embedded web server. This allows us to connect to
it from any computer on the lab network equipped with a browser. This
circumvents the whole argument over which platforms are supported, which
is nice because usually that question revolves around Windows vs. Mac,
and some of us use Linux.
Another possibility you might consider is a digital microscope. In this
setup, a microscope is built around a camera, with no eyepieces. The
image is viewed on a computer monitor. That means the optics can be
better optimised for the camera, and new features may be enabled, such
as a scale bar overlaid on the images (since the cameras knows the zoom
setting). I don't know if any manufacturer has ventured yet into digital
microscopes with stereovision, or that are suitable for crystallography.
Cheers,
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