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I use several microtome brands and models. In my opinion, the microtomes are a similar case than microscopes. If you can find a 2nd hand / used microtome in good conditions from serious brands (such as Reichert, Leitz, Leica, etc) you will obtain great results and final learning curve is shorter due...

Some examples of hypotricha. Evolved ciliates with grouped cilia called "cirri".
They are capable of use them to "walk"

https://youtu.be/h9FGYgN-1MA

Many thanks guys!

A lot of years doing our activity and It is still surprissing us

Kind regards

Actinosphaerium using its war spears:

https://youtu.be/BZJ850WyRfE

nailing them at second 17''

Thanks Dennis & MickyFinn

A flatworm in darkfield illumination with eaten rotifers inside.

https://youtu.be/9f7vYuEZoBo

Wow !!!

No doubt, this scope is gem.

Thanks Bruce and ddy5. These suctoria appeared suddenly in one of my cultures. Bruce, you are right. I read a lot about this suctoria and finally found some words explaining this same you said: From 2013 this specie is separated as Sphaerophrya parameciorum. It seems my bibliography is going out of ...

Thanks Bruce.


Frontonia was another of my suspects.
But because only darkfield movie was taken and no mouth or extrusomes were visible, it was the origin of my doubts.
The video has some part using oblique illumination in order to find mouth or extrusomes with no luck.

Thanks again

Suctoria Sphaerophrya parameciorum attacking paramecium

You can compare its size with paramecium in this same video.

Joined !!

Great initiative.
Congrats

Really impressive images

Very impressive shots !

Darkfield illumination.
20x Objective
Camera Canon 80D

https://youtu.be/rqjPyKi1RsA

Hi ddy5,

Yes, they posted a lot of very interesting videos.
Most of them are available in their youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/c/ibiology

A must for everybody

Alexander wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 17, 2022 9:33 am

MicroscopyUniverse wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 17, 2022 6:53 am

10x Eyepiece and 10x eyepiece and 20x objective results a magnification of 10x10x20 = 400x final magnification.

???

10x10x20=2000

I’m sorry, you are right. These very Hot days blurred my head when doing the maths.
I edited the post.
Thank you!

I think you should multiply all magnifications, for example:

10x Eyepiece and 10x eyepiece and 20x objective results a magnification of 10x10x20 = 2000x final magnification.

Regards

Hi Wauter, I am also based in Barcelona ! After a lot of years using scopes in my job only, I have retrieved microscopy as a hobby. I am glad to see other colleagues near me. If you need any think don't hesitate to contact me. We can share specimens, experiences, very interesting ponds near you (in ...

I have used kyowa scopes and they performed very well.

Great price/quality machines over other brands

Nice and interesting video Francisco !

Video identifying this small animal
Using Olympus fluorite objectives and a Canon 80D camera



https://youtu.be/l6pWf9fKndQ

Many thanks Javier and Microscopy_is_fun

Tiny snails under the microscope.
Starting at minute 4, you will see some moving internal organs.

I hope you enjoy it!

Olympus 4x and 10x fluorite objectives and darkfield illumination.



https://youtu.be/pQXkNhNAOlI

Hi Red_green, In post #13, the olympus 40x picture shows too oblique illumination. Look at the upper left part of the picture. Bacteria appear with too much 3d effect. This may be a illumination issue, or light and optics alignment problem which can destroy the phase contrast. For my opinion, this p...

Many thanks Josmann for your pro tips. The videos are the original recorded by the camera and no post editing was applied concerning colors, contrast or bright. Only the title was added using Ms movie maker. Next step is to use a good video edition software to enhance image, add sound and more featu...

Thanks Dubious and MichaelG. In my tests, the biggest surprise was the performance of Olympus uplafln 60x 0.90 a.n. dry objective. Using this objective, camera recorded images are really better than the images perceived by my eyes through eyepieces ! It's normal because objective image projects dire...

Hi all, After a lot of testing ( and investing money, why not) I finally choice my final camera setup. I tested: 1) Industrial/microscope dedicated camera with 1/2 sensor + adapters (U-TV0.5X and U-CMAD2) 2) DSLR camera Canon 80D + adapters (U-TV1X-2 and U-CMAD3) Both cases use direct image sensor p...

Wow !!

Nice colorful darkfield !!

What a flower!

Nice