Optical table set up
Lord Vetinari
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The optical table I set up for studio shots using the mk2 microscope lens.
A thick plastic sheet from an old LCD monitor as base.
A cheap x-y macro rail split into 2 to give two single rails mounted onto the sheet.
A short clamping arm on the RH specimen rail. A cheap micrometer modded by cutting off half the loop and also taking the back off and sawing the shaft so the main shaft does not rotate.
Total cost of parts
x-y rail £20
Micrometer £7
Extra specimen arm £12
Brian V.
Some results using the table - all focus stacked using zerene
Anthurium flower with spider mite
Hibiscus pollen
Rust fungus on underside of mint leaf
Underside of lace hydrangea leaf
Decaying leaf
A thick plastic sheet from an old LCD monitor as base.
A cheap x-y macro rail split into 2 to give two single rails mounted onto the sheet.
A short clamping arm on the RH specimen rail. A cheap micrometer modded by cutting off half the loop and also taking the back off and sawing the shaft so the main shaft does not rotate.
Total cost of parts
x-y rail £20
Micrometer £7
Extra specimen arm £12
Brian V.
Some results using the table - all focus stacked using zerene
Anthurium flower with spider mite
Hibiscus pollen
Rust fungus on underside of mint leaf
Underside of lace hydrangea leaf
Decaying leaf
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Some very nice results.
What impresses me most is that you get away with using the domestic table.:wow
Harold
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Thanks for the comments SB, Harold and Phil - appreciated
Harold - do you mean from the POV of vibration or the wife ?
Brian V.
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