Stage Actuator for Microscopic Photography

[WillyCKH]

The new design is completed! It works really well, the photos are much more stable now.

Results:

Drosera capensis "Alba" seed
Stacked with 60 photos.

Pinguicula pollen
Stacked with 90 photos. It's super tiny!

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

Will it fit other cameras?

 

[WillyCKH]

Yes it fits other cameras! Basically the two lens collars are holding the extension tubes, we can switch cameras, tubes, objective lens, and even the lens collars.

 

[jeff]

the pollens may be too tiny for your device
for example for a grandiflora subsp grandiflora it gives this

 

[WillyCKH]

the pollens may be too tiny for your device
for example for a grandiflora subsp grandiflora it gives this
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Yes. I'll need a better and larger magnification objective lens than the 20x I used...

 

[Toodles]

That is absolutely insane how small it gets and how clear it is. Amazing work