infocus #5 March 2007 The use of web-cams in Microscopy

Carl Morten Motzfeldt Laane discusses the best options for webcams available on the market and how they can be adapted for use with microscopy.

DOI: 10.22443/rms.inf.1.19

During the last five years film-based photomicrography has almost disappeared in research. This has been an advantage as it is much easier to control any error in focus, condenser alignment, exposure and contrast in the optical set-up. The exposed image appears almost identical to what is observed on the camera or computer screen.

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