Canon EF Adapter For Amscope M600A Microscope by NightRunner417

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

IMPORTANT NOTE - Updated 11/16/16 7:59PM EST to fix some tolerance issues on the camera-side threading. Should fit much better now. Also, added a slot at the tube so that if your camera is rotating on its own due to balance issues, you can slip a pipe or hose clamp over the tube to lock it in place.
Presto.... This is a Canon EF to Amscope M600A microscope adapter. This is meant to attach the camera WITHOUT LENS to the microscope WITHOUT EYEPIECE for direct projection to the camera sensor. DO NOT attempt to force this thing onto the microscope with an eyepiece in it, or you're apt to have one very jammed eyepiece stuck in a big piece of printed plastic. This was specifically made to slide snugly over the microscope's 26mm diameter eyepiece tube. As such, it will probably work with a lot of Amscope's microscopes, and perhaps other makes as long as they have the right diameter eyepiece tube. This could easily be modified to slip over other microscope's eyepiece tubes as long as they are straight without any flanges or whatever, so if you'd like to see me do something for a specific scope, send me a nudge and some measurements and I'll see what I can do.
One little side note: Although direct projection microphotography can be absolutely some of the best you've ever seen, it can also produce some anomalous results. For one, throw your ideas of magnification out the window. Direct projection produces images of a far higher magnification than the eyepiece and objective lens combo you are used to will produce, so expect things to be a bit more zoomy... or a lot more zoomy, frankly. Second thing, I've seen my own setup produce a coma effect in the lighting, especially at lower powers. I haven't found ways to eliminate that, just to reduce it. Third thing, you may see specks in your photos, due to the highly collimated light path and any dust on your camera sensor. There's never been a better time to learn how to clean your camera sensor, and that's the only option other than Photoshopping the specks out later. It's life.
Good luck, have fun, and of course feel free to post comments or questions.
NR417