Let me introduce myself a bit. I am a physicist, living in Belgium. I have a wide range of interests, but in the last few years I have focust most of my time on natural history, mainly wild flowers and mosses. I also have a keen interest in astronomy and own some astro-binoculars and telescopes. For determining wild flowers I usually used a hand lens and sometimes a stereo microscopy I inherited from my father. Especially for the determination of mosses, I got often stuck due to the lack of a compound microscope.
Just two weeks ago, I've bought my second hand Lomo Biolam from 1974 for 80 euro's. The thing is in perfect order, still with the receipts and manuals. This really got me hooked to microscopy! I was stunned what level of detail I could see of mosses and other parts of plants (e.g. stems of flowers, spores.... ). I'll put some pictures in the "my microscope" section of this forum.
I still have quite a bunch of questions on my microscope and how to make permanent moss-slides, so I will try to use this magnificent forum to find some answers.
Hello from Belgium
Hello from Belgium
LOMO biolam P6
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Novex P-10
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Re: Hello from Belgium
Welcome to the forum! You will find lots of friendly and knowledgeable folks here. I'll be watching for photos of your LOMO.
CE
CE
Olympus BH-2 / BHTU
LOMO BIOLAM L-2-2
LOMO POLAM L-213 / BIOLAM L-211 hybrid
LOMO Multiscope (Biolam)
Cameras: Canon T3i, Olympus E-P1 MFT, Amscope 3mp USB
LOMO BIOLAM L-2-2
LOMO POLAM L-213 / BIOLAM L-211 hybrid
LOMO Multiscope (Biolam)
Cameras: Canon T3i, Olympus E-P1 MFT, Amscope 3mp USB
Re: Hello from Belgium
Chipper, welcome. I have learned since I found this forum that it is a great place to share and to learn. Great people here.
JimT
JimT
Re: Hello from Belgium
Welcome again, Chipper.
With regards to making permanent plant slides, member "mrsonchus" is the expert. Please take a look at his sample slides on his Google drive: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-LIc ... nhUeGptZGM
He sells those slides (including some very nice pollen/flower head/ovary slides) too, but will happily answer your questions even if you do not buy anything from him.
With regards to making permanent plant slides, member "mrsonchus" is the expert. Please take a look at his sample slides on his Google drive: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-LIc ... nhUeGptZGM
He sells those slides (including some very nice pollen/flower head/ovary slides) too, but will happily answer your questions even if you do not buy anything from him.
Re: Hello from Belgium
Welcome Chipper. Great hobby 
Re: Hello from Belgium
Welcome Chipper, will be looking for your posts.
Re: Hello from Belgium
Welcome! Looking forward to your posts!
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Re: Hello from Belgium
Warmest welcome chipper - mosses - great subjects and a really enjoyable mystery in the identification of each one!
You're in good company here, a lot of very knowledgeable and friendly folk to share your interests with. Great to have you aboard old chap.
p.s. - I like your Avatar!
You're in good company here, a lot of very knowledgeable and friendly folk to share your interests with. Great to have you aboard old chap.
p.s. - I like your Avatar!
John B