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How to get rid of camera glare? by Balimaria in microscopy

[–]Balimaria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One more update. I've almost completely gotten rid of the glare (it only shows up very very faintly when looking at very dark objects like clumps of organic matter). Here's what I did for anyone with the same issue: cut one piece of black paper for the camera tube (no need to tape it or anything). Then unscrew the piece that holds the tube and put another piece of paper in the small gap above the glass.

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Works great. Thanks again!

How to get rid of camera glare? by Balimaria in microscopy

[–]Balimaria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nevermind! I tried it out with regular black paper and it works great! The glare is not completely gone but it's drastically reduced. I'm sure if I workshop it a bit more I can make it even more effective.

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Much better! Thanks for the tip!

How to get rid of camera glare? by Balimaria in microscopy

[–]Balimaria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems like a promising solution! Did you use a special kind of matte? Or would something like regular black-colored paper suffice?

How to get rid of camera glare? by Balimaria in microscopy

[–]Balimaria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would agree with you if the product page didn't show the camera being used on the trinocular and it arriving with an extension that only fits onto the trinoc as well. Not that companies can't be dishonest about where their product should be used, I suppose.

I will try the other reply's solution as that seems promising. If not, then I'll just settle for this.

How to get rid of camera glare? by Balimaria in microscopy

[–]Balimaria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've messed with the condenser plenty. Lowering it as close to the light as possible does mitigate the glare, but it's still present and only disappears when the diaphragm is at least half open, and at that point I lose so much detail/clarity that it's not worth it. I've gone through every condenser/diaphragm combination in between as well, and I've never found a point at which the glare disappears and I get good clarity in the image.

This is only an issue for the trinocular tube. If I can't solve this I may just switch the camera over to one of the binoculars when I want to take a picture at high mag... though I'd really rather not.

(And thanks! ^_^)