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Much better colours. Very nice.

...very nice indeed.

Ditto

Welcome Marcelo. Let us know what you decide.

Looking at your beautiful images makes me envious. Fantastic as usual.

My suggestions; Used big brand - vs. - new no big brand - vs - new big brand entry level? If you can inspect a used big brand try that. Your first time should warn you as to what you might get. "New no big brand" would be my choice unless you want to spend a fair bit of time finding and replacing ba...

HY-2307 camera - Once I get it all figured out, I’ll publish a review.

When you do I'll look forward to your review and more images.

Polarized is very nice.

JmT

I'm anxious to get some polarizing film to have a look at these with crossed polarizers

Looking forward to those images as well.

Very nice. Sounds like you enjoy observing plant subjects but be careful or John B. will "Hook" you

I have ever try Onion root tips and squash it for wet mount. But I can not find clearly chromosome in the root tip sample.

I have been unsuccessful as well but I am not giving up.

Good post.

Well done and very instructional.

IMHO oblique is most pleasing due to the 3D effect but the DIF reveals more detail - some of which could be due to the higher magnification/ resolution.

All are very good images.

Big difference in the second image and worth the extra effort. Very nice.

You did rotate your bottom polarizer

I was going to suggest the same thing.

Good to post site. Even for us older users.

Thanks.

Welcome Tom and as McConkey said, "Enjoy the going down the rabbit hole! "

Beautiful images!

Your videos are always great and of such interesting subjects.

Thanks all. Next time I will know what to look for

Seb, merci.

Shame on me but I didn't even see the parthenogenesis rotifer until 75RR posed he video. Thanks again.

Thanks for the video. "Baby on board."

Two different Rotifers. First one is about 450 Ums. Second one about 350 Ums. Both with the 20X obj.

Bruce, you are the GoTo Guy. Any chance they are related to Stylonychias?

Thanks for the ID.

JimT

Found this guy in a small pool of standing water from over watering an amethyst plant. 20X obk. About 120 Ums.

Check out this article-BTW, grass works as well as hay. http://www.microbehunter.com/making-a-hay-infusion/ Also look up other sites by doing an online search. Do you have any potted house plants? Over water one and let the water drain through the pot and collect in a container. You should find lots...

Very good as usual. Like the second one very much.

Pat, back in 2015 I did a simple comparison between Picolay and CombineZP (another free stacking software). http://www.microbehunter.com/microscopy-forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1494 Pretty much a toss up between the two. Give CombineZP a try. I prefer CombineZP because I have been using it for so long.

Far as I know they are still called Stylonchia and they are fun to watch from the side crawling along.

Great images! Super views of the diatoms.

Thanks for the ID. As I said, it was a new one for me.

My wife over watered the poinsettia plant and lots of little critters developed in the small pool of standing water. Here is a new ciliate for me ~200 Ums. I am not able to ID it so suggestions welcome. Image with 20X obj. http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss152/jtallon2/IMG_0035-200-Ums-JPEG_zpsb1...

Let me extend my welcome as well. Like Charlie I live in Upstate NY. We get a bit of snow as well.

Looking forward to some of your lichen adventures.