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Hello y'all! Cool weather finally took hold in my are of Tennessee so I can start exploring more outside without the sun bearing down 24/7. I am getting a trinocular head soon so hopefully I can post pictures! Anyways while messing around with bright field and some oblique (really need to find a bet...

Hello hunters! My new (well old?) Leitz Laborlux stand came in yesterday, and i could not be happier! I see why black enameled stands are so sought after, truly is a beauty. However this is not my first stand, i have an AO series 4, so i would like to upgrade this stand a bit. I would like a trinocu...

Thank you ! I can say that the sample originated from the smelly ooze at the shore of a local pond. The original sample went into a covered plastic milk jug that I keep alongside my "pond aquarium", then I put some detritus from that jug into a petri dish with some of the water and dropped a kernel...

Lovely video! You keep mentioning you dropped the kernel into a sample, however where was the sample from? I am assuming a local pond no? If so how stable is such a culture?

Very beautiful photo Wes! Love the depth. And I do hope Klaus Kemp is doing well.

I'll have to look around and see what I can come up with. For now i have to get a basic plan, but i thank all of you for your help and ideas!

After talking to a teacher it may even be possible for me to 3D print phone mounts so kids can take pictures of what they see. I think this may work better than me displaying just off of my stand? I have until December, so i have plenty of time to fiddle around.

I was thinking i could do a cheek cell lab. Simply scrape cells off their cheek using a cotton swab, stain with methylene blue, then as they observe give a short presentation on cell structure. Or, depending on the age of the kids maybe even show plasmolysis as shown in :http://www.microbehunter.com...

You guys are so helpful! Before i dive too much into the logistics of what I can view, and how I am gonna present it (btw, has anyone hooked up a microscope camera to a projector?) i have to see if my school will let me borrow some 'scopes. Bob, I will be sure to keep this up to date as I pursue thi...

Hello all! It has been forever since I have last posted, however I have stayed up to date on the forum. Because of school i was forced to take a break from microscopy, but now that I have more free time, I jumped back in and even purchased a new leitz stand (pictures coming soon, I am hoping to be m...

Very nice! What is your set-up?

So while surfing the internet, I spotted this base, and was lost. Can anyone she'd some light on it?

Most likely combine zp, but before that I am gonna try and either make a better phone mount, or get a dedicated camera.

Thought i should use calcite to experiment with image stacking, first i need to figure out a way to take more stable pictures!

Ah I guess we all watch the same things I was not planning on purchasing it, I was just interested for the future to see what accessories can fit on my series 4.

Would a Spencer dark field condenser work on an AO series 4? I ask because of the close relations between the two companies.

Ha excellent photos, my diatoms are not as nice looking as those!

Some more pics

Selling my old microscope to upgrade my new one. Nikon G that is somewhat working. Needs a lot of TLC for the condenser apparatus ie. whole new condenser and new mounting screw. The Nikon G was a simple student type microscope similar to the S series. Accepts many of the same attachments. Pm me for ...

Hmmm, well for the short term I will probably use pantyhose but I will definitely need to invest in that mesh

I wish I could expose longer, but my camera is a phone :lol: my next investment will probably be a proper camera. Would pantyhose work as a mesh? I plan on getting a lot more rock, and because of human intervention some glass bottles and such. Gathering these instead of rocks may reduce the amount o...

Very nice image. The more I see of these salt water diatoms, the more I want to go collect some

Fantastic images, makes a man want to invest in DIC! Next time I am in Florida I must try some salt water samples.

Nice picture mate

thanks man. I am not sure why the images are so dark when the actual picture I see through the microscope is decent. My density is very poor however, maybe the stream is not as bountiful as I thought? Who knows, I still have a whole jar to search through.

It should be noted that this was one scan. However these little buggers are, for lack of better terms, microscopic! All i see from my 10x is a line (i found these by comparing uniform shapes to surrounding sediment). Is there a better way to find them?

(all pics are 40x with digital zoom)

I am in central US, more specifically Tennessee. I have some pics, however please excuse the horribleness of them, i really do need a real microscope camera!

I was busy today with biking, but i managed to snag a few smaller rocks on my way back. I scrubbed them and rinsed them. I am letting the solution set right now and will post any interesting results

So, i have been reading the procedures and collecting tips on diatoms recently and thought "I can do that". So today, i will go to a nearby stream and begin my hunt! Any tips and suggestions will be welcomed. (BTW, the diatoms will be kept uncleaned because i do not have the materials for permanent ...