microscope adapter for cell phone

Take photos down a microscope with this simple adapter. You can use it with telescopes too with a little modification.

Materials needed:
Stiff card or thin hardboard (mine came from the back of a broken picture frame)
Sheet of paper, preferably 120gsm but 100 will do
Wood glue
Sellotape
2 elastic bands

Equipment needed:
Saw
scissors
cocktail stick
Drill and bit about 8 - 10mm
sandpaper

And of course a microscope. I use a full size instrument obtained cheaply from a car boot. A children's type will work with this but the image quality and the amount of light getting through leave a lot to be desired.

Step 1 Cut the hardboard

Place your phone over the hardboard, face down with the camera lens pointing towards you and draw round it. Make sure the camera lens is at least half an inch (about 1.5cms) from the edge and cut the board to size using your saw. The saw can go back in the toolshed now, its work is done.

Put a pencil over the camera lens and slide the phone away, mark the hardboard where the lens is and draw a small circle around it. My circle was about twice the diameter of the lens.

Drill out the circle I used a 10mm drill bit, and tidy up the hole with a little sandpaper

Comments

[Kiteman]

Cool, nice trick.