Focus Help Amscope Thanks

westcoin-here is a pic of all the parts that came with the scope. Part a is the canon mount, the tube screws into a mounting ring. part b is the piece that moved down into the tri port. You can see that this piece can be messed up and down, but it is very gross and nowhere near a fine enough adjustment to get a focus. I have not a clue what parts c and d are for. They do not fit on the camera or scope at all. I can remove the adapter ring from the tube but without attached together, I have no way to mount the camera at all.

I can take part b off the tri port and put the camera with ring/tube attahced into the tri port (it doesn't fit perfectly, it still moves) but still cannot get a focus. I move the head up and down and it gets near focus (see previous pics) then right out of focus, ie., I cannot get it focused in either direction.

The adapter is smaller than the eyepiece. I can manually hold the camera with adapter in the larger eyepiece hole and get a focused shot. It is hard to hold steady and take a shot so that is not an realistic option.

My scope is a 1TX, 3.5x45.

Also, when the camera is mounted to the tri port, besides not being in focus, the field is much darker that through the eyepiece. Not sure if that is significant, but the difference is huge. I can adjust that to some degree by changing ISO, etc, but cannot get the same light situation as through the eyepiece.

Thanks for your response and any continued help/suggestions will be GREATLY APPRECIATED.

I also don't see in the packing list any camera adapter set, so I assume you ordered this part separately from the scope package, which adapter part # did you get, I want to look it up on their website to see all the goodies in that package. I'm interested in parts and thread sizes plus lengths of the adapter/extension tubes.

Thanks.

west coin, here is the scope and camera numbers.

3.5X-45X Trinocular Inspection Microscope with Super Large Stand
SKU: SM-1TX

Canon SLR/DSLR Camera Adapter for Microscopes
SKU: CA-CAN-SLR

Yes, the part A can be removed from the camera adapter, but that leaves the adapter ring (which can also be removed from the camera).

If I remove Part A, the camera port is much larger than the tri port and has no way of connecting.

With part B removed from the tri port, neither C or D will fit on the tri. With part B in place, both C and D will fit on top of B, but it does not fit properly, they are both bigger and move around.

Neither C or D fit the tri port.

I was supposed to get another adapter with my order but did not, I have called AmScope and they will replace that part.

Here is a pic of the adapter with the mounting ring removed.



Thanks!

westcoin-correct, the lense (part A) does not come out.

With the T-ring attached and part A screwed in, it does fit snuggly into port B. It seems to fit properly. (in my last post, I was referring to C & D not fitting snuggly on B).

The bottom of A does not come out (unscrew). The only seperation is with part A and the adapter ring (pic in previous post).

With part A removed from the camera and put into the tri port, I can get a very clear and focused image; however, I cannot simultaneously get a focused image in the eyepiece, ie. the two are not in sync (not sure if they should be). Also, looking through part A only, the image is as bright as it is in the eyepiece but with the camera attached (see pic below) not only is out of focus bud much darker. I also got a clear focused view with Part A only (no camera attached) in the tri port, removed part A, attached it to the camera and reinsetted back in the tri port making sure not to move the focus ring, and the focus is totally gone.

The smaller part of A does not screw out of the larger part nor is there any small screws allowing adjustment.

Here is the best shot I can get by looking through the camera:



This shot is with a 144 led light ring on full blast and a jansco about 1 inch away from the coin. I can manipulate this some (ISO) but cannot obtain the same lighting level as through the eyepiece. This may be a whole seperate issue or related in some way.

As you can tell, I am lost.

I will post an update once the new parts arrive.

Well, I had to send pics of everything I got to AmScope with my original order. Got a response back today saying they would send the adapters that I didn't get, but they were not useful as they they were standard adapters that were designed to connect different sized camera adapters to the scope. Since mine fits as designed these would not do me any good.

Sooooo, I gave them a detailed description of the problem I was having and asked for assistance. I hope to hear back from them soon. Will update when I hear.