I use my own digital camera with an optical microscope. a device called an f-adapter joins the two. The main issue here is the small dept of view. So far, I have gotten some great photos of fish eggs in the 1 to 2 mm range. Next on the list for me to photograph are some recently collected Pterapods. Thomas Clenche http://community.webshots.com/user/tclenche > >Dear Conch-lers >I want to thank you all the answers to my question about boxes for >micros. I have now a number of good options. Some of you mentioned the >microscope as necessary to study and to take photos of micro-shells. I >would like to take pictures and put them in my site: >www.shellscarvalho.com <http://www.shellscarvalho.com/> . It would be >very much appreciated if some of you could share with us, your >experience in this subject. Some microscopes are quite expensive! Did we >really need one of those? Or a cheaper one is enough? Can we use any >digital camera with the microscope? As we see, lots of questions. >Very best regards >Carlos _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail. Even hotter than before. Get a better look now. www.newhotmail.ca?icid=WLHMENCA148 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs To leave this list, click on the following web link: http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1 Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and click leave the list. ----------------------------------------------------------------------