Frost is interesting stuff, isn't it? These are fun images. Thank you, and thanks for the info. Yes. Loving the frost. Budget permitting, you might consider upgrading to a Mitutoyo 10X NA 0.28 or 5X NA 0.14 objective. OK. I like the 3-5x range, as it gives me the coverage I am enjoying right now. I...

Although I have been toying with macro for a couple of years now, I recently made a personal discovery that got me moving into the extremes of macro - frost crystals. Here are a few images I have been able to obtain since this shift: First, is this one - shot on 27 Dec 2013 - the day that I discover...

Thank You Chris - and thanks for the welcome. Since this is in it's own thread now, I'll mention that in all fairness, my first snowflake photo was from the proof of concept setup that I Frankensteined together using parts from multiple instruments. I took the 10x objective from a 50 year old "stude...

OK, I'm new to this forum, but have been reading for a couple of weeks. I see this is an old topic, but wondered if there was any insight. This seemed to be the ideal thread to carry the question. I recently purchased the AmScope as a quick, cheap solution to get an RMS thread objective in hand and ...

----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This post has been split from Dudski's Snowflakes 2013-2014 to give the image its own thread. ChrisR, Admin. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- First… Dude, these are awesome! Gre...