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
>