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It's funny...I leave my 6" achro SkyWatcher refractor telescope in an un heated out building...yet I am chicken to ruin a microscope when I have all sorts of student microscopes coming out of my...well, never mind. Were I to do it, Dennis, (Sat,2/13/16 colder than -21 degrees F here, Sunday till abo...

I snuck roses home yesterday for todays Valentines Day, champaigne and roses and "PEEPS" candy chicks for my spouse. The lady at the flower shop had no idea where these roses were from when I asked...no bother. I ask, John B., do you know where your current botanical specimens were grown? I'm silly ...

Thanks for the reply...I'm amazed how much raw data the image captures collect...which you then can by post capture process! Kindly, gekko once processed an image I over exposed of planets and our then cresent moon...yes,yes the stars and planets were all there in gekkos treatment of my forum posted...

Bravo John B! Is there a possibility, as your useing anthers still 'closed'...is there a possibility we may encounter pollen mother cells at various stages of 'makeing pollen' by meiosis?! Might you have captured stages of the two successive nuclear divisions in the road to pollen formation?! What a...

Beautiful DIC image, 75RR, to my eyes. Tell me...with your 63X objective...does it have a correction collar adjustment ring? I'm curious as to the engraved(or painted) spec on the objective barrel. Does it have the spec: "0.17" on the barrel? I'm of understanding that: WD/working distance is the spa...

Beautiful live Phacus video, thanks Fan. With a two slide technique you can isolate designated subjects for your image captures...but I enjoy the context which this protists neighbors add to the video. charlie guevara

Again...super images...I'm getting pulled by microtome compulsion...and yes,yes DIC fever. But go slow on species ID...I noted I have image captures of Spirogyra sexual conjugation...I did not say your zygotes are a Spirogyra species! A good start to ID would be where your sample from..how long ago....

I am looking for a quality Trinocular with as many options as I can without going waco. Two things I like are: Five Plan Objectives (4x, 10x, 20x, 40x, 100x), and 30mm EPs. http://www.amscope.com/40x-1000x-plan-infinity-kohler-laboratory-trinocular-compound-microscope-3.html What do you think? Hi, ...

Hi, 75RR...nice images. The ghostly external husk of the algae species which successfully completed 'sexual conjugation' left these zygotes housed in a row of empty tubes! I'm ashamed to admit ( joke joke) I have spectacular image captures of Spirogyra species 'doing it'. You get a sense of when the...

Beautiful 'bear', and wonderful video clip, thanks BillP.! On my recent hunt for bear with my good doggies...I'd say I encountered the same species. Is your enhanced BF contrast a way of saying you used phase contrast? I think my DL phase objective views seem just like your image captures. thanks fo...

Charles has just given you the link, your in good hands to visit the honest and helpful people at that firm.

I start out with the trinoc head...as you will want one...consider buying used microscope from the firm. charlie guevara

Beautiful images, JimT...thank you! Nice to hear both gekko and you talking of film dark room processing in days of yore. As a 5th grader birthday present...my parents gave me a crudy microscope B&W film developer kit...all plastic dishes and chemicals...and a film box you projected into from the mi...

I'd consider trinocular head on the scope, bright field, dark field, and phase contrast illumination.

I'd consider purchaseing used scope from a reputable firm. Fungus and bacteria, and all the cryptozoa interact in your compost/soil ecosystems. charlie guevara

Hi, John B ! Your shared lab procedures are so nice to follow. I'm even slicing my onions differently after enterning the spell of your threads in forum.

Yes,yes I'm with microtome compulsion . Hope your not having the polar vortex we are experiencing this week end. charlie guevara

I suggest you contact the firm in PA. you linked us to...they are in buisness since 1936 yet the actual specific NA specs for each objective are not listed on the data sheet for that scope you have intrest in...hmm. And this is how they spec out for a potential customer dropping duckets?! If your pu...

Fantastic link, thanks 75RR. Whatever you did, the 'zoomify works swell at 11:25 am on 2/13/16 here.

Beautiful link, 75RR charlie guevara

Hi,Dennis. I never tried it , but often thought about image captures of snow flakes. As a collector of all sorts of microscopes...I have quite a few sturdy stands which I could leave overnight in the open wood shed...and then take a point and shoot camera out for a quick image capture. I just don't ...

Happy Valentines to all! Wow,gekko,I didn't know I was afforded a link! Thank you John B. for all your shared work. I live in central NY...from time to time, forum members post on universities auctioning off good lab equipment...I'm not sure how to locate where/when these auctions occur. Do I simply...

Your 85% microscopy with the Nosema issues ( a microsporidian, not a bacteria protist) suggests 400-100X quality magnification. To have 'out of the box ready to work for you' that trinocular scope with phase ( great for protists) sounds appealing. Tell us more about this scope: what exact objectives...

Welcome, NOrs3men! Please visit Sam Droege's www.beemonitoring@yahoogroups.com all sorts of discussions on our crucial polinators, species trends,current grad student projects..and a nifty file on a practicle setup for bee/polinator image capture..atlas of specific body anatomy...ahh and a lot of th...

There are 4 "charlies". My name is Charlie (Charles) too. Also, the word is spelled "niche" and i correctly pronounced "Knee' sh" I asked this question because we have several ponds and a fairly large lake near us. Wondering if the lake would be better than the ponds. Lakes and ponds are terrific f...

Welcome Bill...please don't try and 'do it all' at the start! What level are your students? Is there any biology in your class agendas? Does your institution use compoud microscopes for courses? There are online resources for microscopy for students at all grade levels. With you sylabus demands...pe...

Hi, I'm thinking the shed carapace 'shell' of a microcrusteacean. Think of a water fleas side shell plate which he or she scuttles about protected by? Or even the 'shell' shed by an Ostracod type 'seed shrimp'.

Rich details in your images, 75RR. Charlie guevara

Hear, hear einman! Charlie Guevara

Einman...I sincerely hope your recovery path from MI is on track. Keep on, keeping on, einman. My first and greatest concern is: oh so many folk I know have tried :online forum sale of valuable goods to complete unknown buyers. When a deal is: PayPal negotiated, or eBay negotiated...seller has heada...

Hi all, say 75RR...do you struggle with 'correction collar' adjustments on your DIC higher NA objectives...even before you adjust the objective's prism bias? I'm given cheer that both the cheek cells and diatom specimens seem aqueous slide preps ! Does your DIC system demand highly speced-tolerance ...

What are 2 and 3 Charlie g? Hi, apochronaut,,,as zzffnn pointed out in this thread...a ciliate Genus: Litonotus...probably Litonotus fasciola as:"both neck and tail are moderately contractile." (Kudo:"Protozoology" 5th ed, pages 852&853/Chapter 32.). I know I have stated this before in other thread...

Nice experience Martin takes us on in his open natural space microscopy collection hike, thank you for that YouTube link,Fan! I too agree that slide smear of raw sample on a slide is too tricky (and messy!). I put up a thread somewhere in this forum on use of a pyrex dish...let raw sample settle a f...

Please focus on the microscopy and be careful not to start collecting microscopes! Do you have a comfortable bench dedicated to this rentry to microscopy? Comfortable bench and comfortable chair are a must...and do not let dogs in that room! charlie guevara (sure wish I had your nightface skies for ...

I wish I could share the actual 'raw size' image captures of the Heliozoan. Shame on me,,I was in a hurry looking for bears...I did not bother to use the higher power objectives on this graceful protist..such aplomb as at times nanoflagelates came near it. charlie guevara who need to get his err sea...