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by MichaelG.
Fri Jan 12, 2024 6:22 am
Forum: Beginner's corner
Topic: Looking for camera for Swift SW380B
Replies: 28
Views: 9733

Re: Looking for camera for Swift SW380B

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Regarding software compatibility …
This line from the previously posted spec. for the camera is [if it is entirely true] very useful:
Support for drive free protocols: USB Video Class (UVC)
MichaelG.
by MichaelG.
Thu Jan 11, 2024 9:55 pm
Forum: Beginner's corner
Topic: Looking for camera for Swift SW380B
Replies: 28
Views: 9733

Re: Looking for camera for Swift SW380B

Sorry, I will have to keep this brief for now, and hope that others in different time-zones will fill-in some of the gaps The different frame sizes are available for convenience … depending on how you wish to view or record the imagery, … What is not disclosed, is whether the smaller sizes are simpl...
by MichaelG.
Thu Jan 11, 2024 8:18 pm
Forum: Beginner's corner
Topic: Looking for camera for Swift SW380B
Replies: 28
Views: 9733

Re: Looking for camera for Swift SW380B

@MichaelG: I understand some of what you're saying, but what numbers do I multiply to find out the active area vs the physical chip size? If Sensor size: 8.365mm(H)x6.615mm (V), what do I need to look at to compute active area? I'm a bit lost here... But thank you for your feedback! I'm learning a ...
by MichaelG.
Thu Jan 11, 2024 6:18 am
Forum: Beginner's corner
Topic: Looking for camera for Swift SW380B
Replies: 28
Views: 9733

Re: Looking for camera for Swift SW380B

I have no personal experience of the HAYEAR cameras, but that specification is remarkable both for its resolution and frame-rate. … both very impressive. One thing I would mention though is the chip size Do the maths and you will see that the active area is significantly smaller than the physical si...
by MichaelG.
Wed Jan 10, 2024 8:38 am
Forum: Microscopes and optics
Topic: Correction Collar : Leitz [surprise]
Replies: 11
Views: 13125

Re: Correction Collar : Leitz [surprise]

Thanks for the [overnight for me] burst of activity

MichaelG.
by MichaelG.
Tue Jan 09, 2024 10:40 pm
Forum: Microscopes and optics
Topic: Correction Collar : Leitz [surprise]
Replies: 11
Views: 13125

Re: Correction Collar : Leitz [surprise]

Thanks for that Erik … I will sleep better now :lol:

MichaelG.
by MichaelG.
Tue Jan 09, 2024 9:08 pm
Forum: Introduce yourself
Topic: Знакомцтво
Replies: 1
Views: 5693

Re: Знакомцтво

Welcome, Alexander MichaelG. Translation to English reads: Hello, my name is Alexander, I'm new to microbiology, but I'm very interested in the B 102 C microscope, two capacitors, light and darkened, but this microscope is not very suitable for me, I came across the choice of Olympus BH2 Flourescent...
by MichaelG.
Tue Jan 09, 2024 8:46 pm
Forum: Microscopes and optics
Topic: Correction Collar : Leitz [surprise]
Replies: 11
Views: 13125

Re: Correction Collar : Leitz [surprise]

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316 views so far … and not a single comment
I am a little disappointed

MichaelG.
by MichaelG.
Sun Jan 07, 2024 7:56 am
Forum: Beginner's corner
Topic: Question Regarding Darkfield Condensers
Replies: 39
Views: 117794

Re: Question Regarding Darkfield Condensers

An interesting little mechanism … thanks for sharing the photos

MichaelG.
by MichaelG.
Sun Jan 07, 2024 7:48 am
Forum: Microscopes and optics
Topic: Correction Collar : Leitz [surprise]
Replies: 11
Views: 13125

Correction Collar : Leitz [surprise]

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I was rather surprised to find this “admission” by Leitz, and would welcome comments from the wise:
… perhaps the original German expresses it a little differently [?]
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Ref. https://earth2geologists.net/Microscope ... s_1967.pdf
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MichaelG.
by MichaelG.
Thu Jan 04, 2024 10:23 pm
Forum: Microscopes and optics
Topic: No power to light sources on Leica DMRE
Replies: 9
Views: 10045

Re: No power to light sources on Leica DMRE

I’m afraid this won’t help [or make you happy] : https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256205241887

Hopefully, in amongst that lot … you might just possibly find a blown fuse !

… if not, it could be a long investigation.

MichaelG
by MichaelG.
Thu Jan 04, 2024 7:24 pm
Forum: Resources (online, books etc.)
Topic: Plastistone
Replies: 1
Views: 6244

Plastistone

An interesting short paper, which was mentioned on Apple News [Popular Mechanics] : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012825223003094?via%3Dihub Free download if you have ‘Institutional Access’ Sounds to me like Gaia is taking care of herself … but the naive humans don’t unders...
by MichaelG.
Thu Jan 04, 2024 12:39 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Neurotransmitters
Replies: 5
Views: 4674

Re: Neurotransmitters

Thanks for sharing the video, Sabattni

It’s worth clicking the Learn more link at the bottom, which leads to:

https://alleninstitute.org/

… and there is a Newsletter sign-up available on this page:

https://alleninstitute.org/education/


MichaelG.
by MichaelG.
Thu Jan 04, 2024 6:55 am
Forum: Home-made microscope adaptations
Topic: Dichromatic Illumination?
Replies: 61
Views: 119910

Re: Dichromatic Illumination?

Thanks for heads-up, and the photos. To me, what you have shown with the green LED looks great to me... but disappointing for you. Because of this it is obvious that I don't know much about microscopy, and have lots to learn. . Fear Not !! We all have lot to learn … that’s one of the beauties of th...
by MichaelG.
Wed Jan 03, 2024 10:30 am
Forum: Home-made microscope adaptations
Topic: Dichromatic Illumination?
Replies: 61
Views: 119910

Re: Dichromatic Illumination?

My solution to the above post is to drill a hole into the end and insert an optic fibre. Then light proof the whole thing, except for the end of the projected fibre. . I regret to say, you are likely to be disappointed … Fibre Optics have an ‘exit angle’ MichaelG. . Here are some reasonably self-ex...
by MichaelG.
Tue Jan 02, 2024 6:42 pm
Forum: Home-made microscope adaptations
Topic: Dichromatic Illumination?
Replies: 61
Views: 119910

Re: Dichromatic Illumination?

GerryR wrote:
Tue Jan 02, 2024 2:04 pm
… I think, still, that the OPs project will still offer some interesting results …
Most definitely … I’m looking forward to seeing them

MichaelG.
by MichaelG.
Tue Jan 02, 2024 1:30 pm
Forum: Home-made microscope adaptations
Topic: Dichromatic Illumination?
Replies: 61
Views: 119910

Re: Dichromatic Illumination?

The subject gets a bit heavy, Gerry … but this is a good introduction:

https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu ... mixing.htm

The visual perception of a particular colour does not necessarily mean that colour’s actual wavelength is present.

MichaelG.
by MichaelG.
Tue Jan 02, 2024 9:03 am
Forum: Home-made microscope adaptations
Topic: Dichromatic Illumination?
Replies: 61
Views: 119910

Re: Dichromatic Illumination?

… I plan to use aluminium foil to cover the light head; it may make a slightly brighter beam, as well as blocking the light leakage. An impressive start !! In an ideal world, however, you would polish those sawn faces and get total internal reflection [ big trade-off in the realm of reward-for-effo...
by MichaelG.
Mon Jan 01, 2024 8:25 pm
Forum: Resources (online, books etc.)
Topic: Online short course by OU - UK only
Replies: 3
Views: 4239

Re: Online short course by OU - UK only

. Thanks for the link … at my age, I was rather pleased to read this: You can start this course right now without signing-up. Click on any of the course content sections below to start at any point in this course. If you want to be able to track your progress, earn a free Statement of Participation,...
by MichaelG.
Fri Dec 29, 2023 8:55 pm
Forum: Illumination Techniques
Topic: Dangerous-Just Thinking Again!
Replies: 14
Views: 5973

Re: Dangerous-Just Thinking Again!

. Sorry, Gerry … I may not have been sufficiently explicit I was referring you to my post #8 in that discussion … which recommends looking at the Adafruit NeoPixels [from the linked page.] …. Red, green and blue LEDs are integrated alongside a driver chip into a tiny surface-mount package controlled...
by MichaelG.
Fri Dec 29, 2023 1:10 pm
Forum: Illumination Techniques
Topic: Dangerous-Just Thinking Again!
Replies: 14
Views: 5973

Re: Dangerous-Just Thinking Again!

Have a look at the link I posted here, Gerry:

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=19355

Post #8

MichaelG.
by MichaelG.
Wed Dec 27, 2023 10:59 pm
Forum: Home-made microscope adaptations
Topic: Dichromatic Illumination?
Replies: 61
Views: 119910

Re: Dichromatic Illumination?

I will try again :oops:
MichaelG.

https://www.adafruit.com/category/168
by MichaelG.
Wed Dec 27, 2023 7:38 pm
Forum: Home-made microscope adaptations
Topic: Dichromatic Illumination?
Replies: 61
Views: 119910

Re: Dichromatic Illumination?

It may be worth exploring these: /https://www.adafruit.com/category/168url
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Ada deserves a lot of credit for her development work, but I should mention that even-cheaper ‘clones’ are to be found on ebay.

MichaelG.
by MichaelG.
Wed Dec 27, 2023 7:20 am
Forum: Home-made microscope adaptations
Topic: My Hobby Scope Set-up (WIP)
Replies: 5
Views: 2773

Re: My Hobby Scope Set-up (WIP)

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In the immortal words sung by Julie Andrews:
a very good place to start.
I wish I could be so meticulous and thorough.

MichaelG.
by MichaelG.
Tue Dec 26, 2023 2:52 pm
Forum: Introduce yourself
Topic: Greetings from London, UK
Replies: 1
Views: 2718

Re: Greetings from London, UK

Welcome aboard !

That is a magnificent ‘first microscope’ … !!!

MichaelG.
by MichaelG.
Tue Dec 26, 2023 6:32 am
Forum: Microscopes and optics
Topic: Is my head broken/misaligned?
Replies: 10
Views: 3296

Re: Is my head broken/misaligned?

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Ron Green’s brilliant paper is available here, in several formats: https://archive.org/details/APracticalG ... ollimation

I suggest you skim through it, for an appreciation of the problem, and then return the Amscope.


MichaelG.
by MichaelG.
Mon Dec 25, 2023 5:51 pm
Forum: Beginner's corner
Topic: Question Regarding Darkfield Condensers
Replies: 39
Views: 117794

Re: Question Regarding Darkfield Condensers

Thanks for that ^^^

MichaelG.
by MichaelG.
Mon Dec 25, 2023 7:44 am
Forum: Microscopes and optics
Topic: Thinking about buying a Neophot 21, need information about it
Replies: 9
Views: 6237

Re: Thinking about buying a Neophot 21, need information about it

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I haven’t found a downloadable version, but this appears to be the the document you need:

https://gandmtools.co.uk/product/carl ... 80214876/

MichaelG.