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LM ultra-widefield direct stand adapter: use the full potential of your microscope objectives!

With this adapter solution, your digital camera can be attached directly to the microscope body. This eliminates the need for a microscope head that fits the criteria for attaching a camera to it.

As a rule, the microscope has to provide visual observation through the eyepieces and at the same time accommodate the attachment of a camera. In most cases, visual observation through the eyepieces is the main focus. For photography purposes, however, this is a compromise that trades off image quality, light intensity and field size. As a result, the microscope objectives, which are high-quality optical components, are not used to their full potential. They would provide a much larger field of view, but with a conventional trinocular head, less than half of their actual capabilities is used.

This is where the LM ultra-widefield stand adapter comes in: it enables the largest possible field of view while retaining high optical resolution, as is demonstrated in the image below:

LM stand adapters are equipped with infinity precision optics and are 100% optimised for digital photography. LM microscope adapters feature a modular design and can be individually configured to suit specific criteria, such as sensor format, objective lenses, desired field size or magnification.

Advantages:

• Ultra-widefield: extra-large field of view
• Modular system: can be adapted to specific requirements
• High light intensity
• High resolution capacity
• Filter option: optical filter within adapter

The stand adapter is currently available for the following microscope types: 

• microscopes from various Asian manufacturers with a 42.5 mm dovetail ring mount
• Leica microscopes with a 44 mm dovetail ring mount
• Olympus microscopes with a 46 mm dovetail ring mount
• Nikon microscopes with a 51 mm dovetail ring mount

Not available for Zeiss microscopes!

The most advanced cameras can be used, such as microscope C-mount cameras, high-speed cameras, digital SLR cameras or the new mirrorless system cameras. For maximum image quality, we recommend using camera systems with large (full-frame or APS-C) sensors. 

Option: attaching an objective directly to the LM ultra-widefield stand adapter

The LM stand adapter is an independent infinity-type microscope module. This means that modern infinity objectives – either LM macro extreme objectives or conventional infinity objectives with RMS threading – can be attached directly (i.e. without the need for a microscope body at all) to the adapter.

The objective module can be attached to the LM stand adapter:

Example application: LM stand adapter, Sony Alpha 1

The LM stand adapter, combined with high-quality infinity objectives, also provides a good opportunity for focus stacking with a motorised focusing rail. Focus stacking is a go-to technique to achieve high-resolution images with exceptional depth of field.

Example application: LM stand adapter with motorised StackShot focusing rail, Sony Alpha 6600

Are you interested in equipping your microscope with this adapter solution? Then contact us please!

Photography: 

Fitting the microscope to digital single-lens reflex (DSLR), mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras (MILC ), digital single-lens mirrorless (DSLM) or C-mount cameras is easy with our LM digital SLR adapters, which feature a plan achromatic optical system. Our products make it possible to capture top-quality microscope images. To help you select the adapter that is right for your camera, we have set up an online configurator on our website. You can also email us – ideally with attached photographs of your microscope.

Modern DSLR and single-lens mirrorless (DSLM) offer the latest technology and are generally very well suited for microscopy applications. Most of them can be controlled remotely via PC/Mac. Because of their high sales volumes, they offer an excellent price/performance ratio compared to special-purpose microscope cameras.

Features of top DSLR and single-lens mirrorless cameras (DSLM):
- Large, powerful full-frame sensors (36 x 24 mm)
- Sensor resolution of 61 megapixels or 240 megapixels with Pixel Shift technology
- High light sensitivity (ISO 400,000+)
- Extensive dynamic range (up to 15 aperture stops/f-stops)
- Short exposure times (1/8000 second) up to 1/32,000 seconds using the digital shutter
- 4K Ultra HD  or 8K Ultra HD video function
- Live video capture on external monitors in ultra HD quality

In most cases, these cameras are significantly more powerful than microscope cameras with smaller sensors (1/2" or 2/3"). On our website you will find our current camera recommendations and a camera ranking which is specifically tailored to microscopy applications.