Tintinnidium in it's lorica?

[D0c]

I think I have captured a tintinnidium inside it's lorica.

I counted 5 in loricas and 2 free swimming.

Inside it's lorica

Video 1 (200X) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/154534235 ... ateposted/
Video 2 (400X) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/154534235 ... ateposted/
Video 3 (400X) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/154534235 ... ateposted/
Video 4 (600X) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/154534235 ... ateposted/

Free swimming

Video 5 (600X) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/154534235 ... ateposted/
Video 6 (400X) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/154534235 ... ateposted/

Thanks

[Bruce Taylor]

Great footage! Yes, definitely Tintinnidium.

[D0c]

So pleased I was really surprised to get these inside their homes.

Thanks for confirmation Bruce.

[75RR]

Great catch!

Curiously it reminded me that I need to finally get around to cleaning my sensor ;)

[D0c]

It's not the sensor as the images are captured with the iphone X so I can't clean that.

I have cleaned almost all of the mirrors in the microscoipe except for the binocular head ones.

The blobs appear while using the x15 eyepiece. When I connect it to the x40 objective I get x600 magnification. I think the problems lies there I just can't seem to remove whatever is on the lens, it might even be inside the lens.

[75RR]

It can be a challenge to find and clean dust inside a microscope.

Fortunately eyepieces are one of the easiest to isolate - if the dust spots turn as you spin the eyepieces in place you have found the culprit.

Setting up Köhler precisely helps to 'hide' some of the inevitable dust.

Also make sure you do not close the condenser diaphragm too much, apart from the NA loss, it also highlights any dust in the optical train.


Note: Just cleaned my camera sensor, will see later if it worked or not. It usually take a couple of goes, the first one usually makes things worse!