Very nice subject and image.

I wonder if you could be able to show a deeper stack, a stereo pair also would be most enjoyable

Interesting post, this is a somewhat complex world, often unnecessarily arcane. So my question is this: is there in some dark corner of the net a "filter bible" that some tormented soul who has been fighting these same ghosts has compiled? I appreciate the sense of humor. I don't think that anyone h...

Higher resolution (0.65 NA) but much shorter working distance

Any chance of making a stereo pair of the S. spiralis? It seems an excellent candidate!

Hi Mike,
In most cases it can stop at this phase, I hope this will be yours.

Best wishes

Hi, Could this be a good lens for our photography work https://www.ebay.com/itm/163710772822 It needs complementary aberration corrections done at a dedicated compensating eyepiece, so they only would be convenient with the adequate microscope, not for macro style work. More recent Olympus UIS and ...

Thanks, maybe that's the key. Possibly the de-ionised water has a lower surface tension than tap water because of a lack of impurities, it certainly seems to flow more freely on a surface, which would help reduce bubbles. Dave It could be, although I lean to think more about the composition and str...

.. The objective offered here is highly specialized: phase contrast and designed to look through 1.2 mm of cover glass. It is not suitable for use as an "extreme macro" objective with normal un-covered subjects Its typical use is with inverted microscopes to view through the bottom of a Petri dish ...

This is the same as one of the Berzin models, I bought them from china for less money some years ago but this is the only I can find now:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Stereo-Side-by ... ondition=3

Excellent pictures of one of my favorite subjects
What UV source and filters did you used?

If the stage moves, and with it the condenser, the conjugal plain of the light source cannot remain ath the substage aperture. Why doesn't that matter? With typical transillumination of transparent specimens mounted in glass slides and Köhler illumination I find two reasons: - the sample is very th...

What interesting anatomy and good pictures!
the stereos are excellent, the first and third in special

...what must be the most frightening male copulatory organ that I personally have ever seen

ouch!

Yes, as Rik said this is unusual. He has explained the subject very clearly. In any case if the condenser diaphragm hasn't any effect in the light amount it has no any other effect (DOF, contrast and resolution) Did you follow the method removing an eyepiece I explained? After almost 40yrs teaching ...

Hi Bill, welcome aboard! here you have a very good article on cameras for photomicrography: https://www.canadiannaturephotographer.com/cellphones_dedicatedcameras_DSLRs.html It covers many topics although afocal system with DSLRs is better explained at my post here https://www.photomacrography.net/f...

Tube moving for focus was the original configuration of most compound microscopes but If you put on complex binocular (and trino) heads and cameras the focus mechanics has to move all this mass. This is why the stage focus movement has been the preferred design of most serious microscopes from 1940s...