On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 08:59:03AM +0100, John Stumbles wrote: > Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > >Ideas? > > Magnifying glass on a stand?
To do this optically, it would be more likely a jeweler's loupe, or a 10x wide-field binocular microscope. I'm sure that there are optical options that would work great, but they'd be single-purpose expenses. If a good digital camera will also work great, then at the end of the project I have a digital camera to use for other things. > > The depth of field with a camera is likely to be so shallow it'd be > useless for 3D work. The depth of field is acceptable with my Nikon SLR but its not digital. Once I know if the computer-side is feasable, I'll go to the camera store with a mock-up of the work piece and tool and see if any camera/lens combo I can afford will be suitable. The depth of the work field is about 5 mm at any one time. So at this point, the question is can a consumer digital camera function like a web-cam and then do I just view it with something like VLC? Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
