Your economical advices are really helpful to people like us who have no way to interact with those who can guide us without looting us. Great video and thanks.

I've been looking at many of your videos over the last few days and learned alot. One thing about using a DSLR camera I want to point out is that I also bought myself a camera shutter button in order not to shake the possition of the subject up.this comes in verry handy when you want to take a series of pictures to be used for immage stacking.

You can have high mega pixels on a sensor because the sensor is larger, it doesn’t mean the image resolution is higher or lower. Image resolution has a lot to do with the optics, especially focal length. Pixel pitch (size of pixel per unit of length) is also an important factor; the more tiny they are the more of them per unit of length, and the higher pixel resolution will be. There is a balance between optic’s resolving power and sensor’s recording ability.

I have an AMScope MU1803 camera which is USB3.0 and 18MP. I also have a 5MP camera that came with my original compound microscope but it is USB2.0. The MU1803 is nice and I am happy with it, but was a bit pricier than others. One thing that all microscope cameras benefit from is brighter illumination, especially if you want to capture live video.

One of the most helpful videos I've seen. I dont see well from left eye. So I was looking at getting an eyepiece camera and was wondering about what resolution to get. This video saved me about $300. Thanks

Great advice with better buying a DSLR adapter. Do you gave any recommendations on those?

Excellent timing for me - two days ago, I took delivery of that same camera! It did throw up an issue which was the same with the microscope I bought recently - no instructions! Not even basic ones to tell you how to assemble things- suppliers and manufacturers seem to assume that users have a certain level of knowledge or are prepared to trawl the internet to gain it.

For years I thought 5 MP would be WAY too low. I'm used to images being able to fill a 30 or 50 inch screen pretty easily....BUT if the field of view of the microscope lens is measured in millimeters, it makes sense that you hit the limit of the microscope lens BEFORE you hit the limit of the MP. So above a certain point- if the sample is 1 millimeter across (and at 40X), that may not translate to enlarging it to 762X to fit a 30 inch screen.

The interface with the computer is key if you wish to have live feed tracking of microbes. I have a 15+ year old system with firewire, CMOS camcorder with remote zoom on an Orthoplan which is very good. I tried USB 3 interface and there was a delay. There are newer HDMI cards and cameras which may provide accurate live feed.

Great piece of advice about the 5mpx cut off. Thanx!

Microscopy is amazing. Thanks for making these videos.

I’m using a Nikon mirrorless camera. It works with the dslr adapter that I already had, with the mirrorless adapter. I wish that I could get more magnification though.

5 Mp limit is sufficient for still shots fine, but for videos, higher frames per second (fps) rating is required. Most of the pre-owned digital camera's sold are due to upgrading not defects. A complete used 14Mp OMAX incl. software, USB 3, cable can be had for $250 like new. Fun stuff and the software can be a real economic time saver. Great pictures can be just a mouse click away.

Thanks for the advice. I would still be thinking that more megapixels would equal more image clarity if i didn't watch your video. Now i know what camera i should get.

3:51 I think this is generally a good video, but it skips over the fact that mp, is one tiny part of a camera. a 1mp camera at 2.9um pixel pitch, and a 8mp camera at 2.9um pixel pitch, will have identical sampling. Of course, non plan objectives have poor edge clarity, but that's why you get plan objectives for photography, but that issue would be even more pronounced on a dslr, so it wouldn't make sense to try and argue that.

The low-framerate for video argument, is not that a case only spesific to microscope cameras that use USB 2 or lower. If such cameras were equipped with usb 3.0 or higher, then higher framerates on video should not be a problem I think. Also, microscope cameras I think generally fit trinocular microscopes / sterescopes without any adapters, unlike dslr cameraes that require adapters, and a T-ring if I remember correctly, to fit onto a trinocular microscope / stereoscope.

I was confused a lot so my cousin sent this video to me... It really saved me... Thanks a lot from India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

Glad I came across this video, in the process of getting a camera for my microscope. I think you narrowed it down for me Thanks, and Happy New Year!!!

Thanks for an informative, great video. I have an Olympus Microscope BH-2 with a Binocular Head. Can you recommend to me, please a complete high-quality 5-MP package, Thank you.

Wouldn't more meg-pixels allow for greater magnification and clarification? Especially for image cropping and larger size prints.

How do you find a camera with good dynamic range though?

Thanks for the advice, I've recently betting more and more into microscopy and also did anyone else start suddenly losing focus at the screen showing bacteria and single celled organisms?

if you blow up your image with oclar optics or adapter optics you only need an camera less then 1 megapixels

Thanks for the video. About DSLR adapter, some have no lens, others have lens it seems. I bought a no lens adapter for my Canon 350D (no lens) and all pictures are blurred (no matter how I setup my camera). So are lens needed ? And why ? (I've got a Swift 350-T and use the trino for my camera)

Thank you for a clear explanation.

Love your content thank you for helping this amazing hobby!!!!!!!

Can someone recommend a 60 ocular for the SW380T. I can't find a match.

Hello, I have difficulties to find an adapter for Sony alpha series e mount. Do you have maybe a hint?

thanks for this. im looking for a microscope with camera as a gift. unfortunately most packages come with 640x480px, which did seem awefully low. thanks for clarifying.

My Nikon is (24.1)Mp. According to you "That" amount of resolution will cause more problems. "Right"? And I should send back the (51)Mp camera which I have ordered for $120 to avoid these problems?

Hi Oliver, I have a microscope adapter for my canon dslr camera. I can use an external reflex monitor hdmi, or the computer? Thankyou. Livio from Italy.

Hi, I have two camera Nikon D810 and D850 for a microscope Stella-T Pro what kind of adapter I need. And what kind of camera is better use. Thanks

Valuable, thank you

Great info ! For some microscopes, no resolution info , any suggestion of how many megapixels for swift 380T ? Thanks in advance

Higher video framerates with USB 3.0.

Many thanks

So the new 48mp cameras are a gimmick and we can just go with 8mp?

Very good answer..thanks

What is the best recommendation for a binocular Microscope that wants to integrate a camera ?

I am in possession of the Olympus BH2 three-eyepiece microscope, what kind of camera would you recommend, thank you

Amazing.. thankd for help

Thanks!

great info. thank you.

3:23 i don't know how did you come to this point to be believe more than 5mp is not works .. of courage if someone use 4K camera on the cheap microscope will not have a expected result but in my experience there is a huge difference between low and high resolution camera

Thank you for the wonderful videos. But when I try to focus on one part of the image, the other part gets dull, how to get uniform image. kindly suggest me.

What about mirrorless camera? I have a Fujifilm XT100. Please let me know 🙏🏻

I think 4k video, 8.3 megapixels is optimum.

How about the industrial microscope cameras which are used for component repair (paired with reduction optics) . How do they compare against these options?

I have Nikon DSLR and Swift sw350t, what adapter do I need?

M-Hunter - can you recommend me a camera for stereo soldering microscope - one of those 7x-45x standard Chinese soldering scopes (like AmScope). They are always sold with some no-name cameras ranging of about 20 or 38Mpixels, and who knows what should you expect from a cam of 38mp costing less than 100$. The reason I'm asking is because I have no idea what resolution do these trinocular scopes deliver, I am new to all this. I would like to have some decent quality, be able to film at 1080p 30fps, and that's it, nothing special, I do care about quality, not about number of dots I can't see, especially if they basically just multiply those without improving video quality, which is something I think they're doing, just increasing resolution on software level...? I am not naming exact model I would like to buy because they're all very similar - optics are ok, I am not out of my mind to spend thousands on some Mantis inspection scope, so it's gonna be some China no-name AmScope like - same factory, same quality, but without AmScope written, they are around 500-700$ with double boom stand, up to 45x magnification without 2x aux lens, just to give you an idea what kind of image quality they deliver. Again, they are awesome, feeling and working is great with these scopes, but I have no idea what they can deliver in terms of resolution. I believe the thing to look for is sensor size, not resolution? If you can help me out, I'd be really grateful. Sorry if you fell asleap reading my question. Cheers!

Would anyone know a good place to find a lens camera I can't find any

Dear Microbehunter. Thank you so much for providing us with all of your knowledge. It has helped me so much with learning to understand how microscopes work. I recently bought the Bresser Biolux NV 12x-1280x. I additionally added the BRESSER MIKROKULAR FULL HD microscope usb camera, because I want to create high quality and sharp video's and images. Unfortunately I noticed that the FULL HD usb camera creates more grainy and noisy images than the HD camera that comes with the microscope. I would love to create images that are sharp and have a slight 3D effect just like the image youre using in your video. Could I create the same type of images if I'd attach a photocamera through an adapter onto my microscope? Or would I have to buy a higher quality digital microscope camera like the Bresser MikroCam SP 5.0? Thank you so much once again!

Please make a tutorial on microscopic video and photo..

I use Sony a7riii with canon adapter to amscope mount

I am interested in taking smooth video like what you've shown on the green screen in this video. Can this be achieved with a DSLR and the Aliexpress adapter you discuss elsewhere? Or must I purchase a dedicated microscope camera? If its the latter, am I correct that achieving fluid motion will require USB 3.0?

I am still really struggling to make the right choice here.

oh man ! i love you i feel happy cuz i will buy a 18 mp but if you say is not necessary I believe you, thank you so much. ( but if is not necessary why invent more pixels?

What kind of tv screen do we get for the camera.A 4k HDMI tv screen

hello, i inherited a Heerbrugg wild M3C. I would like to use it to take photographs or videos of what I observe with the stereo "microscope", connected to my computer. the microscope came with a Toucam pro 2, which I'm unable to make work under W10 (was used under XP previously). can you please help me? i'm not really very limited costwise, but would like an staritforward use many thanks, albert

High Definition: 2.0 Megapixels, is all you need higher than that is a waste😃

Thank you for your very helpful channel! Maybe you can shed some light on two thoughts I have: Question 1: I bought an entry level Swift SW150 on your recommendation and am now considering connecting my Cameras (Sony A7iii, A6000) via an 23.2mm->T2->Sony Adapter, which should fit. Can I go with that setup or do I absolutely need a trinocular microscope? Question 2: I would like to capture frozen water crystals. I've read a magnification in the range of 200-400x is recommended for that. Would my above setup suffice or do I need more specialized equipment for that project?

would be interested in a image quality shootout of a T2 adapted DSLR VS smartphone VS dedicated microscope camera VS Raspberry Pi ... etc

LOVE MY 18MP SWIFT.

3:24 Wtf are you talking about? You saying that an analogue microscope is 2000x2000 pixels or what?

Chap review of Omax w/5 mp says it’s way to slow at 7.2 FPS.? You both can’t be right.

People who cant afford: i can record it with my 63mp phone

Phone is good enough

Photo-bombed by paramecia

Tudo muito mal explicado.

Fact: an human eye has 576 Megapixel.

That picture is awful. Very distracting