Maybe you want to share with us whether the S60 is a compound scope and
how you connected your camera to it; whether you have an external
shutter and whether you use a speed light to illuminate your specimen.
And whether you want to do brightfield, darkfield, phase, ....
There is no one setting that fits them all. It's almost like in
ordinary photography. It depends on the specimen, its motion, the
illumination, and the setup. The thing that is different from ordinary
photography is that photomicrography is much more challenging.
Especially if you are not using a dedicated camera for this task.
A hint, your D100 has a pseudo mirror lock up (MLU) that delays
exposure by 0.5 seconds after the mirror slapped in place. Although
that might not be enough time to completely eliminate vibrations on a
complex setup, it will help you to get sharper images. But you still
get blur due to the motion of your shutter curtain. The best images are
obtained with a D70 and D100 using an external shutter and operate the
camera in bulb mode with manual focus set to infinity. The external
shutter should be a leaf-shutter and not a curtain shutter.
Re: The main drawback of a digital camera ...>>speed mechanical shutter was added, it could close very quickly just ... yet later you claim EVF users care about quality.... So the camera manufacturers don't ignore it. ... >>that DSLR owners are not concerned with quality compared to ... (rec.photo.digital)
Re: Sonys Alpha..I saw it, nice "try" better luck next time... ... cope with the shutter/mirror slap,... Some have mechanisms that will raise the mirror,... A relatively high pitched sound from the mirror/shutter action transmits no damaging vibration to the camera; a soft low-pitched muffled sound transmits potential shake. ... it was one of the first questions which arose when discussion the 7D at photokina - why is the shutter so slow, why is the action so noisy? ... (rec.photo.digital.slr-systems)
Re: Canon 350D for photomicrography? ... Canon supplies "remote capture" software with the camera which is ... The mirror lock function is vital, ... the mirror swinging up and the shutter being released. ... The size of the sensor, at 15.1mm x 22.7mm falls somewhere between ... (sci.techniques.microscopy)
Re: So why is the 5D $3200? ... >>> the failure of a car's transmission or engine. ... >>> camera, while a new tire would represent less than 0.5% of the cost ... >> replace the engine than to dump the whole car and start over again. ... >> several photographers who've gone through a shutter or two, ... (rec.photo.digital)
Re: OT: Digital Camerss ... Another neat trick, if you have a camera capable of a bulb setting, is one I did many years ago. ... The flash fires at about 1/100,000 of a second. ... The reason this works is that Most 35mm cameras actually control the shutter speed with a combination of the physical speed of opening the shutter as well as the aperture of the shutter. ... This allows for some very high shutter speeds without having to build motors and actuators that actually move so quickly. ... (rec.arts.disney.parks)
