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Nice. How do you collect the samples?

Very nice set of videos!

A section through a corn stem on an old slide. Some see aliens, some see Homer Simpsons

Corn stem section by Larry Shone, on Flickr

Fantastic!

How bizarre! What a fantastic little creature. Great video.

Crater Eddie wrote:Looks like a nice instrument.
CE

Certainly is miles better than the cheap Chinese one I've been using over the years! Totally different league.

A sample of water that is in a jug that I am using to root a plant cutting. The jug itself is opaque white and yet there is life. Taken at about 400x. Some small microbes in there.

Well, secondhand anyway...Spotted this Apex Practicioner in Cash Converters the other day and had to put a deposit on it. It needed some work (stage and condenser were wonky) but we got there, and for £60 it was a bit of a bargain. Not bad optics either, tho I have some spares now (including a 100x ...

Superb!

I don't know the wattage of mine but it is insanely bright! The brightness control is off and just on. There's no real control, it's all or nothing!

My Kobo touch book reader has a browser built in so I should be able to download the books straight to it.

Danged if I can find Cyclops' exact light amongst the zillions https://tinyurl.com/ph5gr4j in the universe of itty-bitty LED spotlights. They're mainly used for recessed lighting rather than microscopy, btw. This one http://www.dx.com/p/e27-helical-luxeon-k2-3w-150-lumen-led-light-bulb-100v-240v-ac...

billbillt wrote:What do you power your light with?
BillT

It plugs into a 12v wall wart

Nice mosquito shots!

Here's our little UV torch http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Dawnrider/PicsArt_1439635513952_zps04oztjnk.jpg Some pics taken with it http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Dawnrider/PicsArt_1439635308960_zpsmkc9dz8r.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Dawnrider/PicsArt_1439635434297_zpssnjt...

How about just shining a uv torch onto a solid object and observing the results?

I am thinking of doing the same as well. You can put a right angle prism (or even a microscope slide at 45 degree) under you condenser (with hypotenuse face facing up towards condenser). Then shin UV torch to it and observe/focus via camera (or computer) screen. Algae may produce faint red light un...

I have a small UV LED torch (flashlight) and I was wondering what applications I could put it to in regards the microscope. It's visible so not a blacklight but fluorescent objects glow under it, as do white objects.

The trouble with starter scopes is they nearly always concentrate on high magnification, 'up to 1000x magnification ' in big letters, and without a good light set up they're useless. My first scope was a cheap nasty plastic affair with 600x highest power, but it was so dim with just the mirror it wa...

I've found a site where you can download free nature and science text books from years gone by.

https://archive.org/

Almost looks like a moth.
What set up are you using? Seems to be a lot of focus fall off at the edges.

Cool photos!

Fabulous. Almost reminds me of a fractal. (I play a lot with fractals)

I always wonder how you section gemstones!

billbillt wrote:Without a dark field condenser to manage the light path?..

Yes because no light is coming from beneath

Does it have a brand name on it? There are a bunch of similar lamps on the web, but I haven't yet found that particular one yet. No brand on it, I think it's custom made http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Dawnrider/PicsArt_1439575217134_zpsf6pcp45z.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Dawnr...

Anyone for tennis?

billbillt wrote:Anyway, It looks like dark field to me... Very good!...
BillT

Well I guess technically it is

CaterpillarGuy wrote:Nice pics! I was just looking at an invasion by horsetail of the Rose Garden in Berkeley, CA.

Where did the LED light come from? It looks like it produces a powerful beam.

I was sent it by someone on facebook, it is incredibly bright!

billbillt wrote:http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html

BillT

Cheers Bill, I love that site