Lenses for endoscopic photography

Photography using a borescope, endoscope or arthroscope requires a specialised lens or attachment to connect to an ordinary lens.

These lenses are expensive, if you can even find them for sale now, as they are specialist and can be obtained from manufacturers of endoscopy equipment for example Olympus equipment supplied by KeyMed in UK.

The important aspect is to make sure there is a firm attachment between scope and lens, even if makeshift, otherwise the image will be off centre within the frame. The nearest thing since the takeover of video in the operating theatre are videocouplers for example that sold by Edmund Optics which uses a C-Mount, they also sell borescope for inspection work.