Portable light box. Researchers Turn iPhone Camera into Cheap Microscope with $40 Lens. A team of researchers at UC Davis have come up with a super-cheap way of turning an iPhone into a microscope — useful for diagnosing diseases in areas where medical equipment is hard to come by. Inspired by the CellScope project at UC Berkeley, Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu decided to create something even smaller and cheaper. By taping a 1-millimeter ball lens embedded in a rubber sheet to the iPhone, he was able to boost magnification by 5x, which allows the camera to photograph blood cells. Only a small portion of each image is in focus, so they also utilize focus stacking to achieve more usable photos. Double lens reverse macro for an SLR. 1) An SLR or DSLR.2) A zoom lens, around 200mm works really well.3) A fast prime lens, with an aperture ring.4) A macro coupler.5) A tripod in most cases.
Optional6) A remote shutter release.7) An off camera flash, or bounce flash if on camera. In this instructable I'll be using:Nikon D4055-200mm zoom52mm macro coupler50mm f1.8 prime lens Most people will have some sort of zoom, but maybe not a fast prime lens. The 50mm 1.8 D that I have is only about $100 new, and I'm pretty sure most of the other big camera names have a similar priced lens. Even better than that check craigslist or ebay for the cheapest prime you can find. You can buy just about any prime lens because it's going to be reversed and attached to your zoom using the filter threads, so this prime lens doesn't even have to fit your camera. I was fortunate that the 2 lenses that I'm using both take the same filter size of 52mm, so I bought a 52mm to 52mm macro coupler. Plans for improvments. Kirlian photography.
Kirlian photograph of two coins Kirlian photography is a collection of photographic techniques used to capture the phenomenon of electrical coronal discharges. It is named after Semyon Kirlian, who in 1939 accidentally discovered that if an object on a photographic plate is connected to a high-voltage source, an image is produced on the photographic plate.[1] The technique has been variously known as "electrography",[2] "electrophotography",[3] "corona discharge photography" (CDP),[4] "bioelectrography",[2] "gas discharge visualization (GDV)",[5] "electrophotonic imaging (EPI)",[6] and, in Russian literature, "Kirlianography".
Kirlian photography has been the subject of mainstream scientific research, parapsychology research and art. To a large extent, It has been co-opted by promoters of pseudoscience, fringe science and paranormal health claims in books, magazines, workshops, and web sites.[7][8] History[edit] In 1889, Czech B. In 1939, two Czechs, S. Overview[edit] Research[edit] Qi[edit] Kirlian Photography - Building your own equipment. What is Kirlian Photography? Kirlian photography is a high voltage, contact print photography. Kirlian photography is named after Semyon Davidovich Kirlian and his wife Valentina who began their work with high voltage photography in 1939. Kirlian collaborated with his wife for over 30 years developing equipment and studying electro-photography.
Kirlian's work was first made known to the general public in this country by a book published in 1970 by Shelia Ostrander and Lynn Schroeder titled "Psychic discoveries Behind the Iron Curtain". Kirlian work became so well know that the field of high voltage electro-photography is called Kirlian Photography. Although Kirlian wasn't the first to study electro-photography. The field of electro-photography can be traced back to the late 1700s. The process is simple. The Kirlian process, being a contact print process, doesn't require the use of a camera or lens.
Figure 1 There are Kirlian devices being sold on the internet today. Make Kirlian Photographs, DC Generator, HV, Tesla, Wimshurst, Jacobs Ladder, Kirlian, van de Graaff, zappers. "In this article we explore the mysteries of Kirlian Photography and show you how you can investigate the phenomenon yourself! " by Tony van Roon Semymon Davidovitch Kirlian was born on February 25 of 1898 in the city of Krasnodar, in the South of Russia. Semymon Kirlian could have been inspired and to have taken interest in the study of unusual and natural phenomena by a visit by Nikola Tesla to Yekaterinodar in 1917 where he gave a conference just before the 1917 revolution.
Kirlian attended this conference and went away deeply impressed. Semymon Kirlian used his experiences along with trial and error to verify the correctness of his own ideas, and coupled with his stubborn and laborious method of work, proved successful with the creation of a device for photography and visual observation by means of high frequency, high-voltage, low-current electricity.
Kirlian was more interested in technical matters such as equipment or investigating characteristics of metals and non-conductors.