Spathidium sp.
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 12:06 pm
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Spathidium sp.
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Re: Spathidium sp.
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 1:09 pm
Nice! That a water bear (green lunch visible) at 1:03?
Re: Spathidium sp.
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 1:46 pm
Yep, it's a small water bear, I managed to film loads from that sample, I'll post a little video as soon as I found some time to edit it. 
Re: Spathidium sp.
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 6:07 pm
cool vid sorry im new to most of this , but how did you get the black background and the clarity on the specimins?
Re: Spathidium sp.
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 7:16 am
Hi, it's called darkfield illumination and is very easy to get for objectives up to 10x.
What you need is a black stop centered under the condener.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark-field_microscopy
What you need is a black stop centered under the condener.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark-field_microscopy
Re: Spathidium sp.
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2019 11:53 am
cool thanks for the info