Gosky Microscope Lens Adapter, Microscope Smartphone Camera Adaptor - for Microscope Eyepiece Tube 23.2mm, Built-in WF 16mm Eyepiece - Capture and Record The Beauty in The Micro World

The item arrived in a small cardboard box within four days of ordering it; came via USPS too, and was placed into mailbox. Made of high-impact black plastic, hard rubber, and metal threaded rod. This little Chinese-made gizmo is quite durable, and as seen by the photos - surprisingly functional and useful depending on what one wants to do with it. I'm retired, so I no longer have my $17,000 Zeiss dissecting scope with digital axioCAM attachments and ZEN operating system to take insect/invertebrate photos. What I do have is a Samsung smartphone with an amazing macro-capable camera (up to 30X!!), and an "old" AO non-zoom dissecting microscope with 23mm diameter eyepiece tubes. What I want to do is take good whole-body "through-the-microscope-lens" close-ups that can be quickly placed into powerpoint slides or made into prints for public consumption, WITHOUT paying $300+ for a digital camera attachment tube or $1700+ for a trinocular scope and digital setup.This adapter comes with a 16X Wide Focal (WF) eyepiece that REPLACES my 10X WF eyepiece when it is removed. That's right - the adapter provides 6X MORE magnification than the original lens through the SAME tube (not BOTH if binocular). When attached, the field of view will be ROUND, not rectangular, but that can be "photoshopped out" with a little common sense (see photos above). From L to R (with actual size in mm), they are: spider (5mm); inchworm larva (8mm); predacious mite (1.0mm); thrip (1.0mm); collembolan (1.5mm); beetle larva (3mm); and adult beetle (8mm). All were taken from leaf litter, placed in same glass petri dish of rubbing alcohol, and each was moved into the field of view when needed by SLOWLY MOVING THE PETRI DISH, not the phone! Just before taking the photo, I used my phone's magnification choices (1X to 3X) to image enlarge, then used the microscope's focusing knob to final focus on legs, bristles, head, etc.Important caveat: Note the difference between focus of the thrip and the adult beetle. There's not much control over depth-of-field in this setup, so the "thicker" the body, the more "blurry" the photo will be except at the level chosen using the scope's focusing knob. Can't wait to try this on a compound microscope!

Resultó muy útil en microscopio Zeiss. No se adaptó bien en un microscopio Leika, se tiene que usar un empaque para que ajuste correctamente.

I was looking for a way to record/take pictures of what my students found in our microscope labs, and all the products offered by science equipment stores was super expensive and fancy. I literally saved hundreds to thousands of dollars by buying this, and the kids can use it themselves without me worrying about it. I have taken both photos and videos using my iPhone with this adapter, and people are always super impressed. I have used it with classes for a couple years now, and while a student finally broke a knob off (it was bound to happen eventually), I can still manage to use it, and I will definitely be buying another one soon. Super simple and useful! (MUST BE USED WITH MICROSCOPES WITH REMOVABLE EYE PIECES)

I use it for slitlamp images. Fits well only on ziess microscopes.

The idea is cool just a bit fiddly putting it together