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Simple sets for digital microphotography used and tested in the study of microorganisms

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Four simple sets for digital microphotography are described that have been tested with the Carl Zeiss Jena, Meopta Prague, Lambda Prague, and LOMO Sankt Petersburg microscopes and with DSLR Nikon D 70 and Nikon D 300 cameras. They permit precise image focusing in the camera using a prism Zeiss. The sets make use of commonly available extensions Zeiss, Praktica and reductions Nikon—Praktica manufactured by ROWI (without a lens) or HAMA (with a lens). An extension has further been designed and manufactured for connecting the DSLR Nikon D 300 camera fitted with the HAMA reduction (only with a lens) and a focusing extensible prism with Zeiss Jena light measurement. It permits a precise image focusing of low light intensity objects (autofluorescence or low-contrast or moving objects when using positive or negative phase contrast). The sets are applicable to all microscopes constructed according to German DIN industrial standards.

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This work was supported in part by Institutional Internal Project RVO61388971.

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Žižka, Z. Simple sets for digital microphotography used and tested in the study of microorganisms. Folia Microbiol 57, 509–512 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12223-012-0162-1

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