Maybe you recently purchased a new digital microscope, or maybe you’ve been using a camera on your USB microscopes for years!
Thanks to Dino-Lite, and its built-in digital microscopy camera, state of the art color imaging sensor, LED illumination, and magnificent magnification range makes capturing the perfect macro or micro image easier, faster, lighter, less expensive, more ergonomic, and just plain better than ever before.
The invention of the handheld microscope with a built-in digital microscope camera has simplified and streamlined microscopy for many industries, making digital imaging much easier for the user (you!) by building a compact USB camera right into your portable microscope eyepiece. With your Dino-Lite handheld digital microscope, and a little help from a built-in, high pixel color camera lens, image processing in microscopy has been transformed. Whether you're using your digital microscope (and microscope camera) to inspect or catalogue specimens for work, teach your high school biology class, or just using it for fun, here are some tips to capture amazing digital images and take your macro and micro photography to the next level. Here are some great ways to experiment with your digital microscope camera, and try out different angles, lighting and magnification levels.
1. Start big
The first step is to start with a macro photograph, using a digital camera to get a shot of your
specimen.
Tip: You can skip the digital camera with some Dino-Lite models, like the AM7115MZT which
can take photos at under 10x.
2. Experiment with magnification
Next, you’ll want to begin playing around with levels of working distance and magnification, to find interesting details on your specimen. If you’re using an AMR, Dino-Lite will automatically check magnification, but otherwise you need to adjust your magnification level whenever you alter the magnification level or height to capture the perfect microscope image.
Start by trying to take a photo of the same spot at 10x, 50x and 100x the magnification, labelling each photo as you go.
3. Go lower
Now that you’ve taken and labelled your first set of images, grab your microscope digital camera (or Dino-Lite model) and go back to a lower magnification. Aim for a 1x magnification on either your digital or microscope USB camera.
Repeat the first three steps, moving your sample.
Layout
Finally, sort through all your labelled photos, and lay them out so that images are in order (from macro to micro). This will help you track your work, and is especially helpful if you’re inspecting a specific part of your specimen.
Now you can downsize from your compound microscope or stereo microscope, and upgrade to capturing macro and micro images with your portable handheld digital microscope. With the help of your Dino-Lite, and these few simple steps, image capture in microscopy in your lab, classroom, home or workplace can be transformed!
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