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I have a stereo microscope with a camera adapter and I'm thinking I could eek out a bit more depth of field by adding an aperture disk somewhere in the optical path. This is the setup:
http://rusoptics.com/media/2010/03/mb10loaded.jpg
minus the ring light and using a Nikon D90.
The current optical path is:
specimen=>primary objective=>secondary objective=>diversion prism to send the image from the righthand optical path to the camera attachment=>mirror=>camera sensor. The limiting aperture is the diameter of the secondary objective which is about a centimeter.
I can probably fit an aperture disk in the path at the top of the tube just before the camera or at the bottom of the tube just above the mirror or possibly inside the attachment body after the prism.
Any ideas about where an aperture disk would make the most sense in this setup?
http://rusoptics.com/media/2010/03/mb10loaded.jpg
minus the ring light and using a Nikon D90.
The current optical path is:
specimen=>primary objective=>secondary objective=>diversion prism to send the image from the righthand optical path to the camera attachment=>mirror=>camera sensor. The limiting aperture is the diameter of the secondary objective which is about a centimeter.
I can probably fit an aperture disk in the path at the top of the tube just before the camera or at the bottom of the tube just above the mirror or possibly inside the attachment body after the prism.
Any ideas about where an aperture disk would make the most sense in this setup?
