Hope everyone is doing well and thanks for all the great responses. I came to the conclusion Raspberry Pi and these Trinamic controllers sound like a pretty compelling potential answer for me. I picked up some TMC5072-BOB boards & adafruit perma proto pi hats to have on hand. Mike I am not quite und...

Hello, hope everyone is doing well. My main goal with the post is to figure out what computer platform is going to control these two rigs I have going, but below is general info (& other questions) for those interested & to help determine which one might have suitable code already for my two uses. F...

My second question is what is the cheapest way to adapt this to the D800E? I am sure the Thorlabs tube setup Robert uses is a dream, but I don't have the budget to go with a full tube setup like that right now. I would like to initially set this lens up for 1x use. Anyone looking for a low-cost way...

I picked up a Schneider-Kreuznach 120mm f/5.6 Makro-Symmar lens on ebay recently. This particular version is the *0080* version of the lens. It does not have an iris and apparently was created for use as a TL in a microscope rig (?) -- I haven't been able to find much of any info on this version. C...

Hello, New to the forum, been lurking for awhile gleaning an incredibly useful boatload of information from everyone. Thanks so much for sharing all your knowledge, this has been a phenomenal resource for me! I am new*ish to microphotography, have done typical macro stuff and been a photographer for...