Help with adapter dilemma?

[Kevin R. Cashen]

If any of you folks who are much more familiar with camera accessories than I could help me out with a possible source for an odd item I am in need of. I just got a new microscope that should solve all of my problems and have me very happily taking pictures of the inside of steel for some time. It is an Olympus unit that has a 35mm film camera attached to it that I will use very seldom, when I need direct hard copies. I wanted to hook my digital camera to it like I have with my other microscopes and I was thrilled when I detached the film camera mount that the opening has very crisp and unused 37mm female threads.

My camera adapter kit uses what I believe is a 35mm or 35.5mm coarser threads. So it would appear that I need a reverse adapter that will be have a male 37mm on one side and a male 35mm on the other. I have been looking and am beginning to think such a beast does not exist, do any of you gentleman know where I may find something like it, or at least a way to put a few rings together to achieve the transition?

[Terrill Hoffman]

I'm really not sure I understand what you need BUT I thinbk you might be looking for something similar to "filter adaptors" They are used to allow different size filters to be used on mutiple lenses. Try one of the major photographic supply houses such as Calumet.

[EdStreet]

head over to greatscopes.com and check out their adapters. they go in place on the lens and mounts directly to the camera body. Stay away from filter adapters for microscopes as they will cause some a great disturbance.

Ed

[Kevin R. Cashen]

I am sorry I should have mentioned that I have an entire adapter setup that can handle 23mm, 30mm eyepieces and many other sizes. It has been working in my trinocular microscopes for some time, but the new scope was designed for metallography and has a lower port and built in timed exposure equipment specifically for photography. It is this port, when the film camera is removed that has 37mm female threads. When just holding the camera and adapter up to this port, and holding the microscopes built in shutter open, the image looks great. So I am dying to find the part that will allow me to mount it there and start snapping some nice pictures.