User Guide

490 Series Microscope
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2.6 Using the Trinocular Port
The AmScope T490 models are uniquely designed so
that you can view the image through the eyepieces and
the Trinocular port simultaneously, as well as fine tune
the focus of the camera with a C-mount focus adjustment.
You do not need an adapter to attach your AmScope
camera to the Trinocular port; however you may need one
if you have a non-AmScope camera. Our photo port is a
23mm size.
2.7 Attaching a Camera
Most AmScope cameras come with a reduction lens.
Reduction lenses align the magnification of the
microscope’s image with the capacity of the digital
camera’s sensor.
The specimen’s image seen through the magnified
objective lens is very large. The reduction lens renders
the image in a size compatible with the smaller size of
the digital camera’s sensor.
1. If your camera has a 23mm mounting size, you do not
need the C-mount adapter. If installed, remove the C-
mount from the top of the Trinocular port by loosening
the screw.
2. Place the camera (mounted on a reduction lens)
directly into the Trinocular port. It should slide in
without issue.
3. Focus through the Trinocular port, by turning the
middle portion of the tube.
4. Open up your AmScope Digital Camera Solution
software on your computer and let it connect to your
microscope.
If your camera needs a C-mount adapter, attach the adapter to your camera and screw the
adapter into the Trinocular port. Plug one end of the cord directly into the camera and the
USB end into your computer.