Red blood cells with phase contrast and COL

[DmI3N]

Some time ago I got my hands on "3D-condenser" manufactured by Gamma Hungary, which is basically a COL condenser to my understanding. Here's a quick comparsion of this condensor's picture (left) with Zeiss Phv phase contrast + oblique lighting (right), done on Nf microscope. 40x Planachromat Phv objective, MF-Projektiv K3,2:1 projection eyepiece and Nikon D5200 DSLR are used to take the pictures. I also found that they look better and more "3-D" in black and white, which makes sense since they were developed in the era of B&W film photography.

[Macro_Cosmos]

Lovely! 3D effect is pretty strong, thanks for sharing.

[DmI3N]

Lovely! 3D effect is pretty strong, thanks for sharing.

Thanks for your comment! I also had nice 3D effect on some diatoms, will post later

[DmI3N]

Finally found these diatom photos, COL on the left and PHV on the right. 3D effect is pretty strong on that one.

[dolmadis]

Is this the same one discussed here?

http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... php?t=8709

Best, John

[DmI3N]

Is this the same one discussed here?

http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... php?t=8709

Best, John

Yes, the same model condenser