Stentor!

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Stentor!

Post by arturoag75 »

Hi to all,
i add some pics of a Stentor! some of this show the nucleus of pearls..
objective leitz planapo 40x DIC illumination!
compact camera canon a540is.
have a good day
arturo

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Post by fpelectronica »

Hello
Beautiful photographs
Stentor is an interesting ciliate.
The shape of the nucleus seems to agree with S. coeruleus
Fancisco

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Post by Charles Krebs »

Arturo,

Really excellent views of the macronucleus here, especially in the last two! Don't recall seeing it that clearly before.

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Post by Mitch640 »

Very nice pictures, especially for a point and shoot. I am curious how it was mounted to the scope?

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Post by arturoag75 »

Thanks guys! :lol:

Mitch: becouse i've not a good english, can you remake your quastion :oops: :oops: ?
best
arturo

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Post by sonyalpha »

arturoag75 wrote:Thanks guys! :lol:

Mitch: becouse i've not a good english, can you remake your quastion :oops: :oops: ?
best
arturo
Mitch was asking:

How do you fix your (relatively) simple camera to your microscope?

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Post by RogelioMoreno »

Arturo,

Mitch esta preguntando:
Como montastes la camara en el microscopio?

Rogelio

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Post by Mitch640 »

I ask, because I am still seeing better images from cheap point and shoot cameras than I get from my several thousand dollar Canon Pro body. It's depressing, and it can't even shoot video. :)

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Post by Cyclops »

fabulus pics! I love Stentor!
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Post by rumbert »

The 3D effect is impressive, great shot!
Always learning

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Post by arturoag75 »

Thanks cyclops rogelio rumbert!

Mitch:
unfortunately i've not an adaptor for compact camera becouse i think i think too expensive for this kind of camera...
then the simple way to make shot is to hold in hand the camera near eyepiece..whit other hand i focusing sample....this is really what I do and now, after so many shots it's quite normal for me!
i add some info: to get contrast and focusing images i put to max illumination the 100w lamp and set the camera shutter for 1/1000-1/1250 sec. (manual use), this way the images will be free of blur, diafragm 4,5 and zoom lens half of max extension!
hope this help you and forgive my bad english!
have a good day to all!
Arturo

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Post by Mitch640 »

Thanks Arturo. Your english is much, much better than my Italian. ;)

I have just ordered a Canon SX130 IS and will find some way to mount it to the eyepiece. I already have a Canon "handycam" that I was able to mount on my DSLR tripod and get it positioned right to shoot down through one of the eyepieces. This did work, fairly well. I will try it with the new camera. I also have an idea to use some 2 part epoxy to mold an adapter out of, that will fit the extended lens on the camera and the end of the eyepiece, in one single piece. This should work pretty well if I can keep the sticky stuff off the parts. :)

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Ok...then i wait news from you :D
best
arturo

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Stentor..add 3 shots!

Post by arturoag75 »

Hi,
i add other 3 shots of a stentor:
all pics taken whit zeiss plan apo 25x and DIC illumination on Zeiss Photomicroscope III.
canon a540is
best
arturo

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Post by gpmatthews »

Great shots - especially hand-held!

I used a compact camera (Canon Powershot S50) for some time and made an adapter. See

http://www.gpmatthews.nildram.co.uk/mic ... apter.html
Graham

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