Pol Crystal Shots
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 5:55 pm
Hello All,
Still figuring out how to maneuver/manage with photos stored in another location - hoping this works better than my first several efforts!
For background, as mentioned in my earlier post, I have been away from microscopy for the last perhaps decade or so for various reasons but recently got the 'bug' and am working at getting back up to speed - amazing how much one forgets when well into one's seventh decade.
I have been a avid, some might say 'rabid', fan of Leitz Orthoplans for many years, and wrote a well-received little piece that was published in 'The Journal of the Microscope Historical Society', vol. 14, No.3, as well as Micscape - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/art ... oplan.html and continue to be a big fan. Currently have four complete stands as well as too many parts/accessories, including one of the rarest a complete functional DIC after Nomarski that was manufactured for a very brief time by Leitz France; apparently the exclusive rights to market that system had been agreed with Zeiss so a 'cease & desist' was issued and only a few of these systems were ever sold.
At any rate - I enjoy all forms of microscopy and due to living in the ever-frozen NE Ohio, not looking at protozoa at the moment, but enjoying revisiting polarized crystals, with various retardation plates.
Here are a few I did this morning - CuSO4 solubilized in distilled water and air dried, Nikon Coolpix 5K with a Nikon MDC Relay lens.
I was using a Nikon D200 but not owning the requisite 1.67X relay all shots were too severely cropped. These are all as shot, no post processing or stacking and I am reasonably pleased with them. Decent sharpness and colors.
At any rate, would appreciate any critiques/suggestions.
All the best,
Mike
Still figuring out how to maneuver/manage with photos stored in another location - hoping this works better than my first several efforts!
For background, as mentioned in my earlier post, I have been away from microscopy for the last perhaps decade or so for various reasons but recently got the 'bug' and am working at getting back up to speed - amazing how much one forgets when well into one's seventh decade.
I have been a avid, some might say 'rabid', fan of Leitz Orthoplans for many years, and wrote a well-received little piece that was published in 'The Journal of the Microscope Historical Society', vol. 14, No.3, as well as Micscape - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/art ... oplan.html and continue to be a big fan. Currently have four complete stands as well as too many parts/accessories, including one of the rarest a complete functional DIC after Nomarski that was manufactured for a very brief time by Leitz France; apparently the exclusive rights to market that system had been agreed with Zeiss so a 'cease & desist' was issued and only a few of these systems were ever sold.
At any rate - I enjoy all forms of microscopy and due to living in the ever-frozen NE Ohio, not looking at protozoa at the moment, but enjoying revisiting polarized crystals, with various retardation plates.
Here are a few I did this morning - CuSO4 solubilized in distilled water and air dried, Nikon Coolpix 5K with a Nikon MDC Relay lens.
I was using a Nikon D200 but not owning the requisite 1.67X relay all shots were too severely cropped. These are all as shot, no post processing or stacking and I am reasonably pleased with them. Decent sharpness and colors.
At any rate, would appreciate any critiques/suggestions.
All the best,
Mike