Objects, including shells, down to a size of ~0.5 mm or even less can be photographed without a microscope using a digital camera with a macro lens & if necessary, an extension tube. I use an Olympus E-500 camera with a 35 mm macro lens with or without a 25 mm ex. tube. Aydin snailstales.blogspot.com On Thu, 10 May 2007 23:27:26 +0100, Carlos Duraes de Carvalho <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------