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by discomorphella
Fri Dec 23, 2022 9:17 pm
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope
Topic: An aster floret cross sections
Replies: 28
Views: 5090

Re: An aster floret cross sections

Igor these are just beautiful. Thanks for posting.
Best
Dave
by discomorphella
Thu Mar 19, 2020 10:34 pm
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: Cleaning microscope lens surfaces
Replies: 9
Views: 2941

My cleaning solution changes depending on the nature of the filth... First pass (if I don't know if the dirt/stain is polar or nonpolar or a mix of several components) is usually Edmund Optics cleaner. This is a mixture of Butyl Cellosolve and 2-Propanol, which is a good intermediate polar solvent m...
by discomorphella
Sat Mar 30, 2019 10:40 pm
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope
Topic: Spring Phacus
Replies: 4
Views: 2178

Spring Phacus

Spring is finally arriving in the Oregon Coast Range. Trillium are out, and my Phacus culture is starting to grow out as well. I also finally got some spare time and modified all my scopes to use 50W LED arrays in place of the 100W halogen lamps they had previously been running. This is my first set...
by discomorphella
Fri Jan 04, 2019 6:54 pm
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope
Topic: Auliscus sp
Replies: 36
Views: 12937

Truly wonderful DIC image. Where did you get the appropriate lower prism for a 1.4 NA / 1.4 NA double immersed system?
Great shot. Well worth what I know from experience is a messy post-imaging cleanup....

David
by discomorphella
Fri Jan 04, 2019 6:50 pm
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope
Topic: Pacific Sturgeon Intestine
Replies: 11
Views: 8906

Hey I am still here, and even post every so often when I can take the time from my day job looking at stuff under various electron microscopes to take some time looking at stuff under the optical scopes at home... I am most sorry that I didn't post drawings for this particular adapter. However, as t...
by discomorphella
Mon Oct 15, 2018 9:44 am
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: Question: Electronic flash adaptation and Köhler
Replies: 15
Views: 3402

I was just about to add that I have some Edmund IR blocking (absorptive) glass in front of the halogen lamp now. I will look up the part number. My orthoplan halogen LH has this already. I am planning on replacing the halogen lamp with an LED in the future, so I won't be able to just fire the flash ...
by discomorphella
Sun Oct 14, 2018 8:30 pm
Forum: Equipment Discussions
Topic: Question: Electronic flash adaptation and Köhler
Replies: 15
Views: 3402

On my BX-60, which has a very similar if not identical lower illumination path to your BX50, I just milled out a slot in the back of the LH100-3 lamphouse for a Nikon SB-80 or similar flash and shot it straight through the lamp. A real kohler system won't be too perturbed by the small distance chang...
by discomorphella
Sat May 26, 2018 10:14 pm
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope
Topic: "botanicals"
Replies: 19
Views: 6903

Gorgeous all. This is the inspiration I need to go outside and nip some buds as it were.

David
by discomorphella
Sat Apr 21, 2018 9:05 am
Forum: Macro and Micro Technique and Technical Discussions
Topic: Microtomy school
Replies: 7
Views: 4118

Hi Mike, One thing you may want to invest in is a small crock pot and a simple proportional temperature controller. You can find used YSI models on ebay. That makes a really nice paraffin oven, and avoids the problem of getting water into your paraffin. Also, a gallon of Histoclear2 is a much better...
by discomorphella
Tue Mar 27, 2018 8:02 pm
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope
Topic: When NOT to use ping-pong ball lighting!
Replies: 16
Views: 8911

Ahahaha. The spider is true NW denizen now, look at his dilated pupils...he's been visiting our newly legalized "cafes". Charlie didn't have to do anything to immobilize the spider under the scope...he just put some Tangerine Dream on the stereo and the spider just sat there under the scope grooving...
by discomorphella
Thu Sep 07, 2017 9:34 am
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope
Topic: Hydra nematocysts
Replies: 8
Views: 2019

Great shots. I especially like number 3 though. I've always wondered how toxic the hydra's venom is towards a cladoceran or similar prey. Clearly its not a "one hit" kill since this one has survived at least 2 shots...

David

p.s. where did you find the hydra?
by discomorphella
Tue Jul 18, 2017 9:38 pm
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope
Topic: Barnacles, auto-fluorescence II
Replies: 12
Views: 3171

They're all great, but 3 and 4 are my favorites due to the varied autofluorescence colors. Great shots. What ex/em wavelengths did you use?

David
by discomorphella
Mon Jun 19, 2017 11:47 am
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope
Topic: Pediastrum
Replies: 3
Views: 1388

Nice Pediastrum,

Mike you've found a really good puddle it seems.

David
by discomorphella
Mon Jun 12, 2017 12:51 am
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope
Topic: Green Hoofprints
Replies: 6
Views: 1880

Thanks to all. Mike, this accidental culture was so thick that in a small culture flask you almost could not see through it. Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of the hoof prints themselves. I am culturing the Euglena now, but it will take at least a few weeks before the cultures to grow to su...
by discomorphella
Mon Jun 12, 2017 12:46 am
Forum: Photography Through the Microscope
Topic: the Rotifera Collotheca
Replies: 11
Views: 2450

Incredible pictures. What optics did you use?

David