Has anyone had any success mating a consumer digital camera to a microscope?

I am a metallurgist looking for a mid-range (<$2000) camera that I can use to take "snapshots" of equipment in an industrial setting, but can also be used in the lab to attach to a Nikon SMZ-2T stereomicroscope and to a Nikon Epiphot-TME inverted metallograph. Both microscopes have ports for attaching cameras. Also, I have Olympus OM system lenses and macro bellows I would like to continue using. Any images would be used for internal reports, not for advanced research or publishing, so ultra-high resolution is not an absolute requirement.

I have contacted Nikon, Olympus, and Buehler (vendor for microscopes) and, as of now, none has been able to help me. Why doesn't anyone make a simple digital camera with through-the-lens focusing, without autofocus, without built-in lenses, and without all the other whistles and bells - comparable to Olympus OM-1 or Pentax K1000 35mm film cameras?

-- Rob Smith (RRSmith@MAPLLC.com), April 30, 1999

Answers

You might want to look at: www.imagek.com

-- Bob G. (rgreg88721@hotmail.com), May 02, 1999.

I have used Nikon 4MP camera with an adapter to Epiphot-TME with excellent results. Still interested - let me know.

-- GS Mann (gsmann11@aol.com), January 13, 2005.