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Re: [OM] (OM) Nykon digi to Olympus microscope.

Subject: Re: [OM] (OM) Nykon digi to Olympus microscope.
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:50:49 -0500
Perhaps the place to start is to have him view the phototmicro group 
pages of the eSIF to see if he can identify what he has.  Be sure to 
check out the system brochures at the bottom of the page too:
<http://olympus.dementia.org/eSIF/om-sif/photomicrogroup.htm>

Chuck Norcutt

bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> An old friend and one-time colleague works in the USDA Forest Service (CA)
> as a plant pathologist.
> 
> He just sent me a query about fitting a Nykon digi camera to an Olympus
> microscope. I don't know the answer.  Can anyone here help?
> 
> Here's his query:
> 
>> Quick question.  My lab just acquired an Olympus stereoscopic microscope,
>> with attached close up lens.  The lens is as expected an Olympus lens. 
> It
>> appears to be a specialty lens made specifically for the scope.  It has a
>> bayonet mount, and I have only Nikon and Cannon bodies.  Can I obtain a
>> T-mount to tie the Oly scope to my Nikon Digital camera ?   Scope was US
>> Gov't surplus and it cost my lab nothing.  I have a hold on 3 other
>> microscopes and will go to look at them before accepting them.  The first
>> one was ordered blind, along with fridge freezer.    I removed the lens
>> and found out it is a 2x converter that fits into the body of the camera
>> at one end and the microscope at the other end.  It has no way to mount
>> another lens in front of it.   The scope has a secondary tube to which I
>> could mount my Nikon.  I was hoping to use the Olympus tube because it
> has
>> f stop control and depth of focus is usually the limitation of these
>> machines.  
> 
> Cheers, Brian Swale
> 
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