Low cost digital endoscopic photography.

INTRODUCTION

Endoscopic digital photography usually involves expensive and often cumbersome equipment.

AIM

This study aimed to construct a low cost adaptor with which to connect a budget-priced digital camera to a nasal endoscope, in order to enable inexpensive, good quality otology photography.

METHOD

A method of making an adaptor from a simple plastic bottle top is described, and the photographic technique is outlined.

RESULTS

The adaptor fitted well with commonly used endoscopes, and excellent results were obtained.

CONCLUSION

High quality digital endoscopic photographs can be obtained using a low cost compact digital camera fitted with a simple adaptor made from a plastic bottle top. Such a method would make digital photography via a rigid endoscope easily affordable worldwide.