Hello! I have just purchased a new Polaroid PDC-640 camera (ca. $208) and have taken some close-ups of some insects and spiders. Enclosed are a few examples.
I am also trying the camera over a microscope with a homemade adaptor and will report on this in a future issue. Initial trials suggest the PDC-640 doesn't work well with a microscope because of its shape and a sliding door over the lens, which also serves as an on/off switch. If anybody knows of a safe easy way to remove the sliding door on this camera so I can center it over the eyepiece of a 'scope, I would be most thankful. Preferably some way that still allows the camera to be turned on/off.
Comments to the author David Young welcomed.
Image gallery by the author.
(Editor's
note: to fit in the web page, the author's master images have
been resized
and sharpened a little to correct softness introduced by
resizing.)
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Longhorn beetle, top view. |
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Longhorn beetle, front view. |
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Spider |
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Red ant, worker. |
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Formica sp. ant. |
