title: [Photography of the endoscopic picture with a consumer-grade digital camera].
abstract: In spite of the progress of digital camera technology, photography of the endoscopic picture, with a digital still camera, has not spread in the urologic setting. We attempted to photograph an endoscopic picture with a consumer-grade digital camera. An attachment was produced by pasting step-up rings for digital cameras on a coupler, or eye piece, for endoscopes. An endoscope lens, attachment, and the digital camera were connected, and the endoscopic picture was photographed. The endoscopic picture taken with the digital still camera was high definition compared to the one with the video camera for endoscopes. The conditions of the digital camera, which can be used, require having mounting threads for filters on the lens. Although a way of sterilizing and waterproofing a camera must first be discovered, a digital still camera enables one to obtain a high-definition image inexpensively, and to store and arrange the picture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Yamagata Prefectural Nihonkai Hospital.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kakizaki
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kunii
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tomita
mesh_terms: D019723:Endoscopes; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D010781:Photography / Q000295:instrumentation*