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Hello Citizens, I learned about Helicon Focus software from other members of this forum. I downloaded the 30-day 'Trial' version and enjoy using it very much to render image stacks and save them. Now that my trial period has expired, the software still works, but the rendered images can only be save...

Unsure if any of this will help. Assuming this (image below) is the condenser you acquired. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50755722937_ffe02f276c_b.jpg Here are (online *.pdf) instructions for Olympus U-PCD2 condenser - any chance this set of instructions might apply? http://www.olympus.com.cn/...

GREAT images! We currently have a good crop of various types of mushrooms sprouting up among our garden beds so I am inspired to try and replicate your process. Thanks for posting.

Peace,

cs

I don't have step-by-step instructions, but this 'exploded-view' diagram (and parts list) might help. Left and right hand gibs are part #s 53 and 67, respectively. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50670059253_6a3e704746_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50670059248_4e18e5985c_b.jpg Hi-Ho,...

As PeteM suggests above, that plug is the Dual Viewing Receptacle - shown here on page 14 of the 1974 AO Series 10 manual: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50668736161_b219d2b331_c.jpg If you are not doing dual viewing, then the plug simply gets stuffed into one of the compartments on the undersi...

Thanks for positive feedback. This was an experiment, using a new camera on an old microscope. Specimens were simply placed on the black/white stage plate of my Bausch & Lomb Stereozoom microscope, moved about as necessary to get overlapping views, and photographed at low magnification (7 - 10X) usi...

marine arthropod, top: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50616389567_21fd42f775_h.jpg marine arthropod, bottom: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50615537203_949b101c38_h.jpg insect exoskeleton after moult: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50616392962_198c5ec42b_h.jpg cicada: https://live.sta...

And, finally, some images of an insect exoskeleton:

Some images (same range as mentioned above) of a bryozoan:

Update: After performing a fair bit of online looking about, I decided to purchase the 10 megapixel version of the 'Swiftcam' USB 3.0 microscope camera. I've only had the software and camera installed for a few hours at this point, so there is still much to learn and fun to be had. I certainly claim...

That post from beginning to end is very helpful - and encouraging. Thanks for doing the work and sharing the results. I'll look further into the world of eyepiece cameras and wade through some of the options. I'm willing to spend more than $69 but on the other hand the sky is NOT the limit. Does any...

Thank you for your speedy response. I do not currently own a DSLR camera - is that a whole other rabbit hole down which to go? I see many ads for USB (2.0 and 3.0) cameras that one installs in place of one of the eyepieces on a binocular scope. They seem to range from 3 MP up to around 18 MP and, of...

Hello Citizens, I worked for many years at a local university where I had access to some very sophisticated microscopy and imaging systems (laser capture microdissection, confocal, two photon, etc.). Now, newly retired, I'm rediscovering the fun/hobby aspect of it all. I find that the scope I use mo...