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That isn't bad at all for using a camera through the scope!

I hope to be trying some different things over the next few weeks 
with a webcam to see if I can do some close up type stuff but I 
don't think I am going to get anything better than you got there.




--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Stefan Trethan" 
<stefan_trethan@...> wrote:
>
> tried the microscope thing, but it didn't work so great.
> 
> <http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=2dj1a10>
> 
> this is a 5/5mil grid.
> 
> The digital camera shows "tunnel vision" at any zoom or macro 
setting. I  
> could engage the digital zoom, which only takes the center of the 
image,  
> decreasing the tunnel effect. Also, i might not have held the 
thing steady  
> enough (it showed long exposure don't move warning).
> 
> Anyway, you don't see much more with this, but i can't think of a 
way to  
> make a better image...
> 
> The affordable digicam eyepieces are only 640x480, and i don't 
know if  
> there is a way to attach the digital camera in a better way. I 
know there  
> are eyepieces for regular cameras, so maybe there's some better 
way i  
> don't know of to use digital cameras.
> 
> any ideas?
> 
> ST
>