Make sure this cap is removed before using the microscope and trying to view samples with your digital camera. Many stereo microscopes come with a black protective cap that is screwed onto the bottom of the body to protect the lenses. If it is slightly between positions the image will not be projected up to the camera properly. Are objectives clicked into place and caps removes off stereo objectives? If you are using a high power compound biological microscope, make sure that your objective lens is clicked all the way into position. However, cameras require extra light in order to be able to pick up that same image, so make sure you have a brightly lit sample under the microscope. Many times when you look through a stereo microscope without the light on you might still be able to see the image. Particularly on a stereo microscope - is the light on? Many camera sensors are sensitive and if your image is not in focus the camera might not pick it up. Do you have a specimen under the microscope and in focus? Before you try to view images through the camera or on your computer screen, make sure that your sample is under the microscope, the light is turned on and it is in focus. The beam splitter will either be a switch or a lever you can pull out and push in. You will find the beam splitter on the side of the head of your microscope. When the beam splitter is not pulled out or engaged, the light will not travel up to the camera and you will not be able to view an image at the camera. Is your microscope beam splitter engaged? The microscope beam splitter directs light up the trinocular port to the camera.
Below you will find some troubleshooting tips for viewing live images on the camera or computer monitor from your digital microscope.
However, there is nothing more frustrating than not being able to view an image on your computer monitor from your digital microscope.
Digital microscopy and microscope cameras and software are fantastic additions to the world of microscopy.
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