A good starting place is to set the ISO to 400, aperture to f/5.6. Because you’ll likely want to control the sharpness of the background, set the camera’s mode dial to Aperture Priority. In this mode, you set the Aperture, … Continue reading →

Most consumer cameras are fitted with 1/4-20 UNC threads. Larger, professional cameras and lenses may be fitted with 3/8-16 UNC threads, plus a removable 1/4-20 UNC adapter, allowing them to be mounted on a tripod using either standard. What size … Continue reading →

Stage clips hold the slides in place. If your microscope has a mechanical stage, the slide is controlled by turning two knobs instead of having to move it manually. One knob moves the slide left and right, the other moves … Continue reading →

Generally, anyone who is attempting to jam a wireless security camera is up to no good. Regardless of the intention, the act itself and owning, buying, or even advertising jamming equipment without the proper permission from the authorities are all … Continue reading →

In reality, you only need one autofocus point for your camera to get focus. However, having more autofocus points across your frame makes it easier for you and your camera to focus on a subject. How do you choose focus … Continue reading →

The eyepiece, or ocular lens, is the part of the microscope that magnifies the image produced by the microscope’s objective so that it can be seen by the human eye. What does ocular lens do on microscope? Ocular lens (eyepiece) … Continue reading →

Contrast is defined as the difference in light intensity between the image and the adjacent background relative to the overall background intensity. What contrast is in terms of microscopy? Contrast refers to the darkness of the background relative to the … Continue reading →

In photography and cinematography, a normal lens is a lens that reproduces a field of view that appears “natural” to a human observer. In contrast, depth compression and expansion with shorter or longer focal lengths introduces noticeable, and sometimes disturbing, … Continue reading →

Humans are blind for about 40 minutes per day because of Saccadic masking—the body’s way of reducing motion blur as objects and eyes move. 20/20 isn’t perfect vision, it’s actually normal vision—it means you can see what an average person … Continue reading →

Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. A director’s viewfinder or director’s finder is a viewfinder used by film directors and cinematographers to set the framing of a motion picture or movie camera. What lens does Spielberg use? Steven Spielberg … Continue reading →

Yes you can -most of the time. The lens’ aperture controls the amount of light allowed to hit the sensor/ film; a prime lens refers to whether or not a lens’ focal length can be changed (zoomed). Can you adjust … Continue reading →

Which of the three factors affecting image quality is altered by the light source? Contrast can be altered by light intensity and staining. How do the coarse and fine focus knobs work on a bright field microscope? The focus knobs … Continue reading →

Generally, this means that you want the subject to be in focus with clear lines, crisp details, and no (unintended) blurring. It’s a combination of accurate focus, a static camera, and the properties of the lens you’re using. What determines … Continue reading →

f/1.8, f/1.4, or f/1.2 Lens It has often been cited that 50mm lenses, when used on both film and digital 35mm SLRs is a ‘standard’ focal length. Anything longer than this is telephoto and anything wider is wide angle. The … Continue reading →

KEY DIFFERENCES: C is a Procedural Programming Language whereas Java is an Object-Oriented language. C is middle level language while Java is high level language. C does not support threading on the other hand Java has a feature of threading. … Continue reading →