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Hi Don - in no way trivial! In the spirit of adventure and exploration that we all share here! I myself started-off with an old mobile 'phone that amazingly for the time, 'took pictures' - of about 100K... It was enough for me to take images of wild flowers then peruse them, on said tiny 'phone's sc...

Hi all, clearing the lab of some room I have just listed - you know where - a complete phototube assembly including projection-eyepiece for an Olympus BX/IX infinity 'scope - all this needs is a C-mount camera attached (e.g. the ToupCam USB cameras or the 'industrial HDMI cameras) to take photos and...

Not just fine - Charming ! Which objective, mrsonchus ? Hi hobby' - erm, a mixture.... I was messing-about and experimenting but I know the largest mag is the 60x dry 0.90 UPlanApo with the coverslip correction-collar (so useful for 'non-std' slides such as this) I think set to 0.12mm. Then there a...

Here's an example of background-correction with Photoshop. Simply take image as usual (with it's uneven backgroun, in this case as a result of using a Mathias arrow) them move slide to an area (still with coverslip) that's blank and take an image of this, the uneven background to be corrected). Open...

Oops - fixing this now!

Should be fine now!

olie images en éclairage oblique. To achieve beautiful oblique lighting, you have to play more or less with the cardboard or plastic cover to have more or less the sought after effect. Because depending on the nature of the object, the plastic cover will not be adjusted in the same way. The one I u...

Hi all, I have a spare objective for sale now - in fact I just listed it on e-bay. It's a very nice UIS2 Plan C N 20x that I've been using myself but no longer need. My e-bay listing... A link to images on my G-Drive... A few Images, https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ACtC-3eTqsSzxmqUtIo78kovyvfmM...

Very nice and interesting video Tom, thanks for posting.

.................................... You must be diligent when looking for something like this. When I'm in need I watch all day every day and if one comes up that's a bit pricey I let it go as another will surly follow. I can't tell you how many times I've jumped the gun thinking something is "rar...

Hi, a couple of very low-priced ones here and here....

Thanks garstro - that video (both in fact) looks crystal-clear to me. Did you have the reduction lens in and what resolution/format are these recorded in originally, before YT's adjustments?

Does this record to the TF vcard or does it record to a laptop via USB?
Thanks for posting.

Very nice image - what was the technique?

Also have Swift 380t. I opted for a industrial camera with hdmi, USB2, with TF card. You will need a .5x adapter to parfocal with eyepieces. Also a card reader for TF card to see photo & video on computer. You can also hook up USB directly to computer. I went with this as a low cost alternative to ...

Well, for simplicity and quality at reasonable levels I'd say a 'Toupcam' USB-2 to start you off. This would really only do well for stills though as they are quite slow when shooting video... For stills and/or video I'd go for a used Canon, perhaps an 1100D or 1200D depending on price, with a std D...

Hi all, well, finally the last 'spare' microscope that I am listing for sale on e-bay. Gradually my tiny lab is becoming a little less cramped! This is a beautiful grey-body 'E' model which according to Olympus was released in 1958. I've been trying it out with incident lighting. It is fitted with 5...

You'd be surprised how good an ordinary razorblade may perform when well-mounted.. Here's a post of mine from way-back when I was wrestling with the limitations of the 'Cambridge Rocking Microtome' device, in as much as the re-sharpening of the steel knives used routinely with said 'tome, and as use...

This is the type of holder that you'll need. It takes disposable microtome blades (not std razor blades) of the 'low profile' type such as those branded 'Feather' ; these are also often available on e-bay, in packs of 50. The above is for thin microtomy of fully processed tissue, such as those ulti...

With any image that's 'already been taken' and by an objective that you've already added to your calibrated magnifications list it's easy. Open the image in TView, select the image-->resolution button and a dropdown will have your pre-(by you) calibrated magnifications to choose from. Simply choose ...

UPDATE EXTRA INFORMATION 08/09/2020 No need as I originally posted, to go to the magnifications list and write down the resolution... Instead go to the image-->resolution dropdown and select the magnification from there , e.g. the one for the 1200D 4x objective already calibrated. The correct resol...

Well, I just tried this with my new simul-focal 'scope as in above post. It worked, and it worked PERFECTLY! I now have fully-parfocal and in-focus oculars AND camera through the entire 0.65x-4.5x zoom of my 'scope. It's great! Then I remembered I read an article, I think at least from one of the 'b...

Cripes, a step on from the 'IBM' written in atoms of years back!

Also, place the cursor as you edit, where you'd like one of those attached-images to appear, and from the list of said attachments select 'place inline' and hey-presto!

Hi 75' - and thanks! That's a very useful post indeed which, even if it isn't entirely successful with my relatively limited AmScope will certainly be handy as and when I 'go up a notch' in the stereozoom stakes. Nice to see something concisely and precisely written too; makes a change from the ubiq...

Maybe this is a dumb question, but did you do the initial setup of eyepieces for parfocality? It might help anyway. Wilds are definitely excellent. Definitely not a dumb question, I've lost count of how many times I've overlooked the basic or even the downright obvious during microscopy, from day o...

Argghhh.... sounds perfect, the shared path is good presumably for stills where vieo-logging isn't needed!
Which phototube would be needed?

Yes, they do seem to have a consistently excellent reputation. I must however have the ability to use both eyepieces AND the camera simultaneously, preferably switchable too. Does yours have this capability?

UPDATE, All's now well and operating as expected considering extra light-split of the simul-focal system. What happened? - considering the last poster's reference to the glassware itself I inspected and cleaned the slightly grubby lenses of both light paths, i.e. their bottom lenses, nearest to spec...

Just SOLD.

Hmm, I have made quite a good improvement by removing the 4 layers of plastic 'frosted-glass effect' film that I had over the LED light-ring's LEDs. I tried this makeshift diffuser when experiencing bad reflections with specimens not quite covered with water (in a petri dish or similar). Later I rea...

Hi all, I ended-up buying a "simul-focal" version of the one I have. It's very similar indeed, although the body is slightly smaller (in width anyway). Fitting is the same and I dropped it straight into my current stand - perfect fit. It came with a rather nice boom-stand onto which I set my old non...