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- Sun Jan 31, 2021 2:03 am
- Forum: Articles and images to be published
- Topic: My interview with Zeiss
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7632
Re: My interview with Zeiss
Hi Nathan, this is a very interesting and well written article with great images! My main instrument is a Phomi 1, second edition which is quite similar to your one. I have a couple of epi-DIC components, not all in good condition, but they work to some degree. Have you already described somewhere,...
- Sat Jan 30, 2021 6:41 am
- Forum: Articles and images to be published
- Topic: My interview with Zeiss
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7632
My interview with Zeiss
Hi all, just wanted to share my interview/images with Zeiss based around my vintage Zeiss universal Epi-DIC build. Hope you enjoy the images.
https://blogs.zeiss.com/microscopy/en/g ... icroscopy/
https://blogs.zeiss.com/microscopy/en/g ... icroscopy/
- Sat Jun 27, 2020 4:37 pm
- Forum: Microscopes and optics
- Topic: Are black, grey, and white the only colors for a scope..or would you want something else?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9447
Re: Are black, grey, and white the only colors for a scope..or would you want something else?
No, it’s just a rattle can job. There are a few little imperfections, but overall I was happy with the result.microb wrote: ↑Sun Jun 21, 2020 3:07 amDid you bake the paint? It's a nice finish.Microworldofgems wrote: ↑Sat Jun 20, 2020 12:02 amI say bring on the custom colors!
Here is my custom blue Zeiss universal I rebuild.
- Sat Jun 20, 2020 12:02 am
- Forum: Microscopes and optics
- Topic: Are black, grey, and white the only colors for a scope..or would you want something else?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9447
Re: Are black, grey, and white the only colors for a scope..or would you want something else?
I say bring on the custom colors!
Here is my custom blue Zeiss universal I rebuild.
Here is my custom blue Zeiss universal I rebuild.
- Thu Apr 16, 2020 4:47 pm
- Forum: My microscope
- Topic: Zeiss Photomicroscope I
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8231
Re: Zeiss Photomicroscope I
Awesome scope... same paint job as my standard...until I painted it blue.
- Mon Apr 13, 2020 6:54 am
- Forum: Illumination Techniques
- Topic: Epi DIC woes
- Replies: 100
- Views: 52435
Re: Epi DIC woes
I’m also eager to see what others think is the problem here.
- Sat Apr 11, 2020 4:22 pm
- Forum: Microscopes and optics
- Topic: Retrodiode LED conversion
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6223
- Thu Apr 09, 2020 8:13 pm
- Forum: For forum members who want to buy and sell equipment
- Topic: MANY Objective lenses available for sale - Barn Find
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5421
Re: MANY Objective lenses available for sale - Barn Find
Could you provide a link to your eBay store?
- Tue Apr 07, 2020 3:50 am
- Forum: Microscopes and optics
- Topic: Intriguing objective
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4233
Re: Intriguing objective
This is an image I shot with this lens. It is a stack of about 80 images rendered with helicon focus. It is an etched cavity in an aquamarine beryl crystal with some oblique fiber optic lighting with modified Rheinberg illumination also.
- Tue Apr 07, 2020 3:36 am
- Forum: Microscopes and optics
- Topic: Intriguing objective
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4233
Re: Intriguing objective
When I started my Zeiss build a few years ago, this was one lens that I was in search of. Scarodactyl on here kindly let me know that he had acquired such a lens and we made arrangements so that I now have it. While I haven’t used it extensively as my Zeiss is primarily set up for epi illumination, ...
- Wed Apr 01, 2020 4:24 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Fossiliferous chalcedony
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3489
Re: Fossiliferous chalcedony
There you have it...thanks for adding the detail of what chalcedony is for those unfamiliar with the term.MichaelG. wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2020 9:27 pmI am no expert, but Chalcedony is one of the many forms of Quartz:
https://rocktumbler.com/blog/what-is-ag ... halcedony/
And ‘fossiliferous’ means there are fossils in it
MichaelG.
- Mon Mar 30, 2020 4:33 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Fossiliferous chalcedony
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3489
Fossiliferous chalcedony
Thin section of fossiliferous chalcedony. Polarized light and wave plate.
- Mon Mar 30, 2020 4:23 pm
- Forum: My microscope
- Topic: My dream frankenscope, nearly complete!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3564
- Mon Mar 30, 2020 3:40 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Olympus image of the year competition
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2389
- Sun Mar 29, 2020 5:30 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Olympus image of the year competition
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2746
Re: Olympus image of the year competition
It would probably be useful to post one of your images and details about your microscope/camera setup so that folks can see if there are any readily identifiable problems. For my image in the Olympus competition (the prase opal honorable mention that looks like a coastline), I used a Nikon smz10 mic...
- Sun Mar 29, 2020 4:19 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Olympus image of the year competition
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2389
- Sun Mar 15, 2020 10:42 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Synthetic sapphire
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9074
Re: Synthetic sapphire
Really nice! I'd like to see more images of gems and minerals. This produced with epi-DIC and a full-wave plate? What objective did you use here? This is only epi DIC. No wave plate was used...actually still looking to find a wave plate for my Zeiss. So the first-order colors are produced by the DI...
- Sun Mar 15, 2020 8:20 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Diamond surface
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3572
Re: Diamond surface
Stunning! Is there a special name for the triangular structures visible in these photos and how did you produce the colors in the second image? This is all very, very interesting, a bit more detailed info on your epiDIC setup would be greatly appreciated as I'd like to invest in one. These triangul...
- Sun Mar 15, 2020 6:16 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Diamond surface
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3572
Diamond surface
Here is the surface of a diamond from Wyoming using epi-DIC. The field of view is approximately 1.1mm
- Sun Mar 15, 2020 5:33 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Synthetic sapphire
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9074
- Sun Mar 15, 2020 5:32 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Synthetic sapphire
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9074
Re: Synthetic sapphire
That is astonishing !! A product that we like to think is one of Mankind’s closest approaches to perfection, revealed. Can you share any more detail of the specimen ? MichaelG. . Edit: Here’s some brief background notes about synthetics: https://www.gia.edu/gem-synthetic ... Must investigate furthe...
- Sat Mar 14, 2020 7:54 pm
- Forum: My microscope
- Topic: What Microscope do I use.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10573
Re: Focus Stacking software
Can anyone recommend a simple, uncomplicated, focus stacking software that I can use. I use my digital camera through the trinocular tube. I could take any number of images (twenty, thirty, forty) if necessary and transfer them to my computer with the stacking software. Any help will be much apprec...
- Sat Mar 14, 2020 5:45 am
- Forum: My microscope
- Topic: My Zeiss Universal Project
- Replies: 30
- Views: 24278
Re: My Zeiss Universal Project
Ha! Just noticed the big viewing attachment-I’m looking for one for my BH-they look kinda steampunk and they need an analogue computer sitting next to the scope to complete the effect-are they any good for observation? Ross The view was much sharper than I was expecting, but it was significantly la...
- Fri Mar 13, 2020 3:44 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Synthetic sapphire
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9074
Synthetic sapphire
This is the surface of a pulled synthetic sapphire surface. Looks a bit like a cephalopod of sorts....
- Fri Mar 13, 2020 3:42 am
- Forum: Microscopes and optics
- Topic: polishing scratched eyepieces
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10267
Re: polishing scratched eyepieces
If the top element is flat (I don’t have any experience with these eyepieces) I would suggest laminating a coverglass over the top element and using norland optical adhesive to bond the lens and glass together. You will of course need to cut a coverglass into a round disc to match the diameter of th...
- Mon Mar 09, 2020 6:28 am
- Forum: For forum members who want to buy and sell equipment
- Topic: SOLD:Moticam S6 for sell or trade
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4515
Re: Moticam S6 for sell or trade
Like the title says....I have this camera in new condition. They are a bit over 600 new. I’d be glad to sell or trade this one for any interesting Zeiss universal/photomicroscope part/accessories. To be honest, I tried this camera and didn’t like it compared to my canon6d so I’ll never use it and i...
- Mon Mar 09, 2020 6:26 am
- Forum: For forum members who want to buy and sell equipment
- Topic: SOLD:Moticam S6 for sell or trade
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4515
SOLD:Moticam S6 for sell or trade
Like the title says....I have this camera in new condition. They are a bit over 600 new. I’d be glad to sell or trade this one for any interesting Zeiss universal/photomicroscope part/accessories within the USA only. To be honest, I tried this camera and didn’t like it compared to my canon6d so I’ll...
- Mon Mar 09, 2020 6:08 am
- Forum: My microscope
- Topic: My Zeiss Universal Project
- Replies: 30
- Views: 24278
Re: My Zeiss Universal Project
Wow-looks totally amazing-I especially like that you painted the transformer box as well-they can get pretty ordinary looking after 20-30 years! Good luck with it-the photos are really beautiful. Diamonds are a microscopist’s best friend... Have you made a whopper dust cover for it yet? Regards ros...
- Mon Mar 09, 2020 6:07 am
- Forum: My microscope
- Topic: My other scopes....
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3683
Re: My other scopes....
Here are a few example photomicrographs taken of inclusions in gem materials using the smz10.
- Mon Mar 09, 2020 6:04 am
- Forum: My microscope
- Topic: My other scopes....
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3683
My other scopes....
I recently posted about my blue custom Zeiss universal and thought why stop there.... here are my other scopes currently in the stable. They include a GIA gemolite with AO optics, an AO series 10 for epi-DIC, and AO series 20 with teaching head that rarely gets any use, a spare AO series 10 that was...