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That would be Phase. For best results you will need to align the condenser annulus with the objecive ring using a Phase telescope.

See interactive tutorial: https://www.microscopyu.com/tutorials/p ... -alignment

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Looks like it might be a Green Hydra - good catch!

. It has occurred to me that while many members have experience in illumination techniques such as Darkfield and Rheinberg, and some have experience in Phase (Phase Contrast) and COL (Circular Oblique Lighting), there are less who have experience in DIC (Differential Interference Contrast) I therefo...

The Axio is an infinity scope by design. When you use an Optvar with it the tube lens moves to the base of the Optvar from the base of the Head. When I take out the optvar, I am left with a scope that is a 160mm "finite" scope. It likes vintage Neofluars, etc. It also likes infinity objectives, fro...

Phase contrast is a powerful technique in the right hands. I wonder if part of the popularity of DIC is just that expensive equipment can be substituted for some of the artistry required to sap the most out of phase. I don't think DIC is popular in the sense that it is common. I do think that to ge...

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This is from the comments section of the video, though I am not sure what to make of it.
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I am still using cotton pillow cases - one inside the other ... and yes they most likely could do with a wash about now!

. Perhaps a restatement of the limitations that a FMH (Field Microscope Hiking) necessarily has, due to size and weight limits, as well as the operational constraint of its use in the field might be helpful. As would the reason one might want to use a microscope in the field other than confirming th...

apochronaut wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 10, 2021 7:32 pm

It's hardly pocket, is it?

I would add that it does not look particularly sturdy either. Not what I would consider a Field microscope.

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There you go.

https://krebsmicro.com/

https://www.quekett.org/resources/advan ... icrography

Do note that vibration is one of the big bugbears of photomicrography, so you may want to look into one with Electronic Front-Curtain Shutter.

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Hi PassengerIRL, welcome.

Do tell us about your microscope and do post photos of it in the My Microscope section of the forum.

first-ever atomic resolution video of salt crystals forming in real time

https://phys.org/news/2021-01-first-eve ... -salt.html

Wonderful image!

smollerthings wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 07, 2021 11:35 am

But they are scavengers too?

Not to my knowledge. They are autotrophic; they are however on a lot of menus!

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Nice follow up!

MicroBob wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 06, 2021 7:41 pm

The FM 31's advantage of it's small size is turned into avdisadvantage when you have to bring your physio therapist...

Had not thought of the ergonomics of using the swift FM 31, good point!

Great catches!

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Many thanks Francisco and MicroBob, and thanks again for the slide - I seem to find something new every time I look at it!

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Many thanks ImperatorRex and Javier

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Thanks Wes, there were 32 images in it.

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Thanks Hobbyst46

As usual happy to amend if anyone thinks ID is not correct.
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Another go at the 'stalingrad' slide kindly sent by MicroBob

Zeiss Planapo 63x/1.4, DIC, Sides are 80µm, stacked in Photoshop

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smollerthings wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 04, 2021 6:26 pm

Looks like it, but i don't see one that has a double head?

https://www.nies.go.jp/chiiki1/protoz/m ... ginico.htm

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I would go with one of the Vaginicolidae
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8 and 14 minutes is a lot. You might consider editing them down to just the highlights

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Very nice!

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No doubt some more knowledgeable members will chip in soon, but in the meantime you might want to look into Walter Dioni's articles.

I believe some of them cover your area of interest.

https://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/wd-articles.html

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Nothing like a SEM to highlight both the beauty and complexity of Diatoms.

Looking forward to your next images

Welcome Gmeiro.

SEM in your basement! I think that is amazing. Very glad you have chosen Diatoms as your subject.

Fascinating image

Charles Krebs has a very useful spreadsheet on this on his homepage: http://krebsmicro.com/relayDSLR/relay_micro.xls Put in the magnification, NA and relay optic magnification, and you'll get the resolution needed to sample 2, 2.5, 3.0 or 3.5 pixels per resolvable feature. In practice, it definitel...

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Don't think many people will be comfortable downloading a .zip file from an unknown source

You can link to an external hosting site (such as imgur for example) and use the insert image toggle in the toolbar
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just drag and drop ... Max image size 1024 x 1024 and 512KB