title: An optical switch for improved photography through the operating microscope.
abstract: An optical switch is described which allows utilization of both a 35 mm still camera and a video camera on the operating microscope. This allows more versatile photodocumentation without sacrificing the other port on the beamsplitter which would normally be utilized by the assistant.
mesh_terms: D001296:Audiovisual Aids / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008853:Microscopy; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000193:education; D010781:Photography; D013690:Television