How To Do Micrography

I found a presentation online by David Linstead on how to do 'Photography through a microscope'. I've looked through it and realised there are some things I'll need to ask the lab technicians before jumping straight into the process. The slides I found beneficial are shown below:

After reading through this presentation I became interested in finding out some information about what I was getting myself into. I sent Cath Hide, the lab technician, an email asking her some questions which I've found within this presentation to get an idea of what equipment and light source I'll be using which in turn effects the quality of the end images.

Wed 08/01/2014 15:58
Hi Cath, 

I was wondering whether I could ask you some questions about taking photos through the microscopes?
I don't expect an instant reply as I respect that you're very busy but some of the things I've been interested in finding out are:

What types of microscopes are available? Monocular, binocular or trinocular? 

Is it the modern 'infinity corrected' type of the older 'finite tube length type'?

What is the source of illumination?

What type of camera is available, digital compact or digital SLR?

Thanks very much, hopefully I'll be able to come to the labs once my photography project gets going and I can take some photos through the microscopes!

Cheers, 

Toni

I received a reply:

Hi Toni

They are binocular microscopes – I don’t know what tube length they are but they have either halogen bulbs or LED s – depending on the microscope – and we don’t have either compact or SLR cameras

 

Difficult to describe really!

Hope that’s of use

Cheers

Cath