Thanks Mike. I took your "Large" pic from Flickr.
We have to be careful of course - can't have them knowing more than the curriculum or they'll get confused, or the examiner won't know what they're referring to so mark things "wrong".

I might pinch your first photo to illustrate chloroplasts in a biology powerpoint for school... ;, if you don't mind :). The equisetum spores would need a long off-curriculum lesson though; kids today leave school here at 18 with top grade biology without having heard of "alternation of generations"...

Attractive things . Try a stereo if you can. It's easy with Zerene stacker. Lichens really do jump off the page, even at quite low magnification.

Remarkable, a joy to see, well done!

Interesting discussion. I'm not a theory guy, but in my experience my Mitty 7.5/0.21 and Nikon S Fluor 4/0.20 outresolves/outperforms any 0.13, 0.14, 0.15 objective at any magnification on any camera I used them with: MFT (20MP), APS (26MP), FF (47MP), among others. I don't currently have a Mitty 5...

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"The Heineken fly is a common hoverfly found along hedgerows, in gardens and at woodland edges. Adults feed on the nectar of flowers like White Dead-nettle and Red Dead-nettle, and the larvae live and feed in animal dung." "Heineken refreshes the parts other beers cannot reach." - but that's the bee...

Too much? Looking at ebay it's not bad - I wouldn't want to sell one for less!
There aren't any 80x in my search results though.
NA 0.75 and 4mm WD is a rare combination to find, I think.

As this section is for image galleries, description of the reflector has been split to "Technique and Technical Discussion" HERE

As others have said - great, thanks for posting these.

Oh that's nice! Prefer it uncropped - flaunt those legs!

There's something of a parallel with stitched images. We all know it works to give hi res images not just panoramas, and it's fun. How often do we use it?

Definitely will admit to having Gear Acquisition Syndrome :mrgreen: I understand what you're saying though - a high MP sensor will not necessarily make my images any better if I don't have good technique and lighting, and requires better optics and more storage / computing power. I decided to incre...

You all said to go for more pixels - With respect, you have misread. If want to multiply your budget by 3 or many more, and spend a while getting everything else right, then perhaps spend more time peeping at pixels rather than producing useful images - the answer is yes. Go for the highest number ...