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Martin, my.microscopic.world, who you linked to, has actually written up a pdf describing how he achieves this effect, which combines oblique illumination with a Scotch tape diffuser on top of the condenser lens. Only works at 10x and 20x for him, though. He posted the link on Facebook: https://m.f...

Hi everyone, I'm curious if anyone has any feedback on how to get a "blue-ish background" in videos. I notice that a lot of the well-known videomicrographers have this which really helps their videos "pop." An example of what I'm looking at is this, or really many of his posts: https://www.instagra...

Hi everyone, I'm curious if anyone has any feedback on how to get a "blue-ish background" in videos. I notice that a lot of the well-known videomicrographers have this which really helps their videos "pop." An example of what I'm looking at is this, or really many of his posts: https://www.instagram...

Hi all, I'm looking to upgrade my microscope from my Swift 380T to something that offers better lighting, more options (phase contrast, etc), and better optics. Right now the quote I have for the baseline Motic Panthera C2 is $2k (ish). I would have loved to see pictures/videos taken with this micro...

Hello all, I've been dabbling with microscopy since early 2020. I currently own a Swift 380T and have learned everything I know on it. I'm in the process of upgrading both my microscope and my camera equipment and would love any and all feedback as you went through the process too. It's rather frust...