Category: Gear
Nikon Plan Apo 20x infinity microscope objective
The Nikon Plan Apo 20x infinity microscope objective have been reasonably priced on eBay lately. I bought mine for USD 130.00. Note that the working distance is only 1.0mm Used as intended, with a coverslip, the objective performs well inside its good image circle. Here is a picture of microscope slide I borrowed; this is […]
I have just updated the section about microscope lenses
Mitutoyo M plan Apo 5x Mitutoyo M plan Apo 10x Mitutoyo M plan Apo 20x Some people regard the Mitutoyo M plan Apo’s to be the gold standard for photographing trough a microscope objective from 5x and up. Having problems with the chromatic aberration with some subjects when I used other non-apo microscope objectives and […]
My Photo PC build web page is on line
I have started to list the components that I use for my photo PC. My ambition is to have a PC with enough speed for focus stacking for a reasonable price. Read more on the web page. My Photo PC build.
Updated the depth of field page
I have uppdated the depth of field page with some example calculations of depth of filed (DOF) with green light and air, using this formula. Read more here, Depth of Field
Updated speed test
For Helicon Focus I have added performance with hardware acceleration. Using an AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Processor and having the photos on a 1 TB Kingston’s A2000 NVMe PCIe SSD internal hard drive a large stack of 849 TIFF pictures 114MB each took 4 minutes and 43 seconds. This is approximately 3 pictures per second. […]
I have just added a section about microscope lenses
*A short introduction to microscope lenses and the infromation printed on them *Resolution *Depth Of Field (DOF)
Upgrading with a new processor and hard drive
When I started with photography the dark room was the second-best place to spend time. At least for me those dark room days are long time gone and today I do almost all work with a computer. I even have my camera and my microscope controlled by computer. So, a malfunctioning computer can have the […]