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by Grahame
Tue Aug 27, 2019 9:22 am
Forum: Microscopes and optics
Topic: Paint
Replies: 3
Views: 2377

Re: Paint

Roldorf
That was beyond quick and is what I had in mind
Many thanks :)
by Grahame
Tue Aug 27, 2019 9:12 am
Forum: Microscopes and optics
Topic: Paint
Replies: 3
Views: 2377

Paint

Hi folks, I'm looking for a memory refresh. A couple of months ago someone on here came up with a name for a crackle / bubble finish paint. It came up as part of a thread not a thread in itself. Sounded just what I want. When I looked it up I found it was available in my country, surprise. I'm prett...
by Grahame
Mon Jun 24, 2019 11:58 am
Forum: Microscopes and optics
Topic: A O Spencer 25X eyepieces
Replies: 4
Views: 3510

Re: A O Spenser 25X eyepieces

Thanks apochronaut
Thats useful info.
Yes they are the 186
Good to know they are decent optically.
Like you I doubt they will be used often, but if I can pick them up at the right price they will be useful to have around.
I thought I had Spencer spelt wrong :(
by Grahame
Mon Jun 24, 2019 10:15 am
Forum: Microscopes and optics
Topic: A O Spencer 25X eyepieces
Replies: 4
Views: 3510

A O Spencer 25X eyepieces

Hi folks,
Does anyone have any experience with these eyepieces?
I can't find very much about them on the net.
Thanks
by Grahame
Thu Jan 17, 2019 6:26 pm
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Araphid Diatom
Replies: 2
Views: 2148

Re: Araphid Diatom

Thanks 75RR
You are correct a Closterium it is :)
by Grahame
Thu Jan 17, 2019 9:49 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Araphid Diatom
Replies: 2
Views: 2148

Araphid Diatom

From a freshwater wetland pond.
Around 13 microns horn to horn.
Quite neat watching it slide along, it moved in a curve rather than a straight line.
Araphid-Diatom_13-microns-Horn-to-Horn_20X_GNZ20190117-00239-BR.jpg
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by Grahame
Fri Nov 16, 2018 4:35 am
Forum: Beginner's corner
Topic: Size Elodea cel
Replies: 2
Views: 2854

Re: Size Elodea cel

Looks good. I found a couple of images on the net with field width stated then divided the number of cells into it, rough calculation. Both gave me around 75 - 80 micron length, 25 width. Guess it depends on which of the species you have under the scope as well. Then I found this https://plato.acadi...
by Grahame
Wed Nov 07, 2018 9:07 am
Forum: Identification help
Topic: Metopus ??
Replies: 2
Views: 3110

Re: Metopus ??

Thanks Bruce
It nice to find that the hunting to try and pin this critter down a bit was successful.
Now to try and sort it out
http://www.nzor.org.nz/search?query=Met ... e&orderby=
Spent some time earlier this week looking at this
Appreciated
by Grahame
Tue Nov 06, 2018 7:52 am
Forum: Identification help
Topic: Metopus ??
Replies: 2
Views: 3110

Metopus ??

Hi folks,
This one has been bugging me for a few days.
Metopus is my best guess so far.
Free swimming and constantly spiralling, cilli appearing to rotate around the "mouth"
In a freshwater wetland pond sample.
Metopus_possibly_GNZ20181101-03336.jpg
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by Grahame
Tue Nov 06, 2018 7:47 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Paramecium caudatum conjugation
Replies: 0
Views: 2269

Paramecium caudatum conjugation

Hi folks,
Saw a few paramecia doing this the other day in one of my water samples.
I'm fairly sure as to the id of these but happy to be told otherwise.
From a freshwater wetland pond
Canterbury, New Zealand
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by Grahame
Tue Nov 06, 2018 7:19 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: A few testate ameoba
Replies: 4
Views: 3182

Re: A few testate ameoba

Neat critters, nice images :)
by Grahame
Wed Oct 31, 2018 7:00 pm
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Wetland Cillates
Replies: 13
Views: 6717

Re: Wetland Cillates

Hi Charlie, Thanks for the tips. Yes we are well into spring and the variable weather that brings. More like winter out there this morning. Yes I use photoshop. In my world it's been as much a part of the imaging process as the camera since I discovered it way back at version 5.0 in 1998. Generally ...
by Grahame
Tue Oct 30, 2018 10:19 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Wetland Cillates
Replies: 13
Views: 6717

Re: Wetland Cillates

Hi Bob, Yes I should probably re thunk the way I work. But it was definitely planned. Those 2 images took around 300 shots and 2 plus hrs to get them. Doesn't mean I had it planned properly, possibly never do :) Probably I should start sucking water out, but that will bring critters into my tissue. ...
by Grahame
Tue Oct 30, 2018 9:39 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Wetland Cillates
Replies: 13
Views: 6717

Re: Wetland Cillates

Hobbyst46,
Thanks for the maths :)
I can understand that.
The "aquariums" I use are .2 mm high
Now with a big drop of water I can get .1
I'm now wondering if I have created problems for myself by using aquariums.
I do like free swimming critters.
Cheers for more things to think about :)
by Grahame
Tue Oct 30, 2018 9:25 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Wetland Cillates
Replies: 13
Views: 6717

Re: Wetland Cillates

Thanks hkv,
You have just helped make something go click in my old brain.
Basic principles but new way of thunkin.
:)
by Grahame
Tue Oct 30, 2018 8:45 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Wetland Cillates
Replies: 13
Views: 6717

Re: Wetland Cillates

Thanks Bob,
What you say has just made me think.
So does a larger drop of water create a larger space between the slide and the coverslip?
Within reason.
:)
by Grahame
Tue Oct 30, 2018 8:17 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Wetland Cillates
Replies: 13
Views: 6717

Re: Wetland Cillates

Thanks hkv,
Yes I suspect you are right about the stress on the first one, it wasn't moving.
The holes were constantly changing size and moving.
All the others on the sample were swimming freely.
It makes me wonder how thin they must be to be able to swim freely between a slide and coverslip.
by Grahame
Tue Oct 30, 2018 7:19 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Wetland Cillates
Replies: 13
Views: 6717

Wetland Cillates

Hi folks, A couple of images from Travis Wetland, Christchurch, New Zealand Not sure of where they fit in the great taxonomy of things but guess the 2nd image is Paramecium. Images with Chinese 20x and 10x phase objectives, first with one of my home made oblique stops. Cillate_GNZ20181029-02972.jpg ...
by Grahame
Tue Oct 30, 2018 6:48 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Cyanobacteria - Gloeotrichia
Replies: 17
Views: 9602

Re: Cyanobacteria - Gloeotrichia

Neat images.
Have you tried a cross-eye stereo of any of them ?
by Grahame
Wed Oct 24, 2018 6:41 am
Forum: Beginner's corner
Topic: Condenser Height Adjustment
Replies: 9
Views: 7806

Re: Condenser Height Adjustment

I'm going to concur with Kurt on this. Informative thread. As per for me it shows I've been doing things wrong, nothing unusual. I'm slowly building a frankenstein fotoscope. When I had less light (10W led) than I do now I was using the condenser as high as possible to get as much light as possible....
by Grahame
Thu Oct 18, 2018 6:46 pm
Forum: Digital processing
Topic: Measureing Software
Replies: 16
Views: 20785

Re: Measuring Software

Thanks folks,
I've played with ImageJ / Fiji in the past but not for this use.
Guess it's time to give it another try.
Thanks ImperatorRex, I had a quick look but that is image acquisition as well as measuring, I'm only after measuring software.
:)
by Grahame
Thu Oct 18, 2018 6:53 am
Forum: Digital processing
Topic: Measureing Software
Replies: 16
Views: 20785

Measureing Software

Hi folks,
What software do you use to measure the subjects on your images?
I've been using Piximetre
http://www.piximetre.fr/
Just looking for other options.
Thanks
by Grahame
Thu Oct 18, 2018 6:43 am
Forum: Identification help
Topic: Freshwater Fingerprint
Replies: 0
Views: 2399

Freshwater Fingerprint

Hi folks,
Another from the not sure department.
Have found 3 of these over the last couple of weeks.
All have come from 2 separate freshwater troughs.
They have been used by cattle, sheep and a variety of birds over the years.
My thought is Lepocinclis.
Thanks for any thoughts.
by Grahame
Sun Oct 07, 2018 8:01 pm
Forum: Microscopes and optics
Topic: Olympus Stereozoom Model
Replies: 9
Views: 5272

Re: Olympus Stereozoom Model

Yes, that's the beast Michael :)
It's a lot newer than I suspected, 1985.
Now to see what it gets to in the auction.
by Grahame
Sun Oct 07, 2018 9:34 am
Forum: Microscopes and optics
Topic: Olympus Stereozoom Model
Replies: 9
Views: 5272

Re: Olympus Stereozoom Model

Thanks Michael
A versatile unit.
Have blown up a couple of other pics on the listing.
It appears as though the scope only goes up to 31x rather than the 40x of the JM
Unusual beast
by Grahame
Sun Oct 07, 2018 8:38 am
Forum: Microscopes and optics
Topic: Olympus Stereozoom Model
Replies: 9
Views: 5272

Re: Olympus Stereozoom Model

Thanks Scarodactyl,
That's certainly the closest I've seen.
It's an unusual shape head as far as I can find for Olympus.
I've seen the stage / base on a couple of SZ's.
by Grahame
Sun Oct 07, 2018 6:58 am
Forum: Microscopes and optics
Topic: Olympus Stereozoom Model
Replies: 9
Views: 5272

Olympus Stereozoom Model

Hi folks,
This microscope is for sale in my part of the world.
I can't work out the model.
It's not often google lets me down but this is one of them.
Any ideas ?
I guess being Olympus as long as the controls and optics are fine it should be a decent scope.
Thanks
by Grahame
Thu Oct 04, 2018 8:18 pm
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Amobeae tests (fresh water)
Replies: 15
Views: 6464

Re: Amobeae tests (fresh water)

75RR
Thanks for the Leidy pdf
I saw those earlier this week and that was on my to do list.
An amazingly patient talented man.
by Grahame
Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:17 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Amobeae tests (fresh water)
Replies: 15
Views: 6464

Re: Amobeae tests (fresh water)

Cheers 75RR, Yep that's a really neat site, but I hadn't seen that page before, really useful. Courtesy of that page I've now added an id to yet another image of mine, I'd called it a poached egg now know it's Diplophrys. This is also a nice amoeba site, there's overlap between them. http://www.hans...
by Grahame
Thu Oct 04, 2018 6:52 am
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Amobeae tests (fresh water)
Replies: 15
Views: 6464

Re: Amobeae tests (fresh water)

Lovely images 75RR
I saw something similar to image 2 a few days ago, now I know what it was :)