EDP - Experimental Digital Photography

Here is the latest test image. Shot with a 400D, 100ISO, 1/2 second exposure. A bee. I am still getting what seems to be glar in the center of the image. I am looking at replacing the normal eyepiece with a photo one to see if this works better.

I’ve had requests to show the rig I have been experimenting with. So consider this a first pass at this. I am using a Chinese made (I am looking at importing and selling them in Australia, as the price is GREAT) stereo binocular microscope that seems to have very good optics. It is a zoom [...]

After careful focus setting for the camera eyepiece, so it is parfocal with the main eyepieces, I got the following result with my Canon 400D.

Below is the first image I got through my microscope, a 10-40x stereo binocular microscope. It is a bit low contrast compared to the view through the microscope and not as sharp.