I have had this question in my head for MONTHS! How do you take a picture of a coin through a microscope? My brother & I tried but, failed. I use a Canon Powershot SX120 IS. Sorry for posting three question threads in-a-row.
You can get microscopes with camera attachments. Might be one available for your scope. Other than that I have no clue
It would be a whole lot cheaper just to go to ebay and pick up a USB Scope for under $20.00 and invest in a stand that will give you more room to focus on larger coins like half and dollar coins.
Stereo or trinocular microscopes do not use a standard camera. They usually come with their own camera set-up which is much smaller. You can Google such microscopes online, but they are not cheap. On the other hand, there are USB scopes as @tommyc03 mentioned, but personally, I'd advise against the cheap ones. They just don't perform that well. You might ask @coinzip (Alan) what he would recommend. Chris
Good advice from Chris as always. You should be able to use your Canon if you can figure out the macro feature and a stable set up to avoid jitter. Also check for past posts here on photography as I recall some excellent threads concerning this subject and various set ups. ( Shadow boxes/back lighting, etc. )
I have a normal stereo microscope for viewing coins. I take pictures through it by pointing the lens of my Canon Powershot SD1200IS through the eyepiece. I've easily taken north of 20,000 pictures this way. The macro setting on the camera is unnecessary, because the optics of the microscope take care of that.
It helps if you can find an infinity focus setting. Some cameras have a "mountain" setting that fixes the focus at infinity. This keeps the camera from trying to focus all time. edited to add: the above advice may seem counter-intuitive, but in fact the biggest mistake folks make when trying to shoot through the microscope is thinking they need to use a macro setting. If you put your camera on macro, it simply won't be able to focus. This is because when you look through the eyepiece of the microscope, with the subject focused for most comfortable viewing, your eye is actually focused at infinity. If you put a camera over the eyepiece where your eye goes, then the camera must also be focused at infinity. This type of photography is called "Afocal" and you can read about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afocal_photography
