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by gvbox
Tue Dec 07, 2021 7:40 am
Forum: Beginner's corner
Topic: Springtails and other soil mesofauna - Microscope reccomendations
Replies: 13
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Re: Springtails and other soil mesofauna - Microscope reccomendations

You havent mentioned what you already have, camera-wise.... DSLR or something else, a macro lens .. reversed lens? Bridge camera, mobile phone? A DSLR, but not a great one. Nikon D3300, with two lenses I can use for macro (Sigma 105mm f/2.8, and the stock 18-55mm with macro extenders). Doing the ma...
by gvbox
Sun Dec 05, 2021 2:56 am
Forum: Beginner's corner
Topic: Springtails and other soil mesofauna - Microscope reccomendations
Replies: 13
Views: 4344

Springtails and other soil mesofauna - Microscope reccomendations

Hello! I'm a total beginner to microscopy, outside of some college biology labs. A major interest of mine is photographing collembola and other sub-mm soil fauna (at frankly terrible resolutions, my macro setup isn't ideal for anything much smaller than a bee), but I've really been wanting to start ...