Photographing Science
by: Martin Sagendorf
It’s Easy:
To take neat photos of little things.
We Think:
That our digital cameras, web, and cell phone cameras can only take ‘life-size’ photos… but…
We’re Lucky:
These cameras can also photograph images provided by other optical devices…
Such As:
Microscopes and spectrographs.
Because:
These devices provide collimated images (i.e. focused at infinity) and an ordinary digital camera device can photograph these images.
The Images:
Are much smaller than ‘full frame’ – a photo-handling program is an absolute necessity – to enlarge and enhance the images. For the camera images shown, the camera used is a Panasonic DMC-TZ4.
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