Using the Digital Camera for Viewing and/or Imaging with
your Microscope
Attaching your Digital Camera to your Microscope
First, you need to remove the eyepiece (see Figure 1) from the eyepiece tube by
pulling it straight up. Take off the protective cap from the camera. Next, install
the camera into the eyepiece tube by pushing it gently into the eyepiece tube.
Lastly, you plug the USB cable into an open USB port on your computer.
When viewing or imaging a specimen slide or object, you can change the
orientation of the image on the computer screen by rotating the camera to the
position you desire.
Images on the next page shown left to right – digital camera with USB cable,
eyepiece tube, and digital camera attached to eyepiece tube.
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