I had several mitutoyos myself, and some performed better than others. I had 3 mitutoyo 20x and I sold a BD plan that maybe did perform slightly better than the M plan I kept but if it did was not by that much. In my opinion different performance can happen because of different versions of the same ...

Hi, I guess this has been discussed many times but here I am. All my cameras are Sony (NEX-5N, A5100 and found a cheap old stock A7 and went for it for small magnification work). Sony sensors a PITA to clean and products/methods used on Canon/Nikon may not work well When I had the Canon 5D mkII clea...

I've had to return every 20x Mitutoyo I've purchased due to haze damage to the inner elements. The last unit I bought was from a lab and they promised it was brand new, never used, just stored for an amount of time. I have never seen a hazy Mitutoyo, and I had a few of them. Maybe that problem you ...

..........what is that 25x3x3x2=225 stacks. Took all day and a half. Lost my note pad with all the test notes. Had to start over. That one almost killed me. #-o ............ {-( Will never running a test like that big again. ............ I used to run lots of tests too; I lost the piece of paper we...

Thanks for the FOAM EPS coffee glass tip, I never tried them them. I send you a PM

I just use a 5 axis positioning stand ( X, Y, 360° and 2x goniometers), for something like wafers I think is more than enough ; Z axis is the motorized rail for stacking. For other subjects ( even for butterfly wings) the flatter angle is not always the best one. Taking the pictures is just a fracti...

Has a very nice 3D effect, something worth trying..

Congrats!! very nice indeed!!! perfect lighting, what did you use?

A solitary bee with Sony A5100 and Canon MP-E via an old chinese Canon to NEX adapter. 123 shots at f4 plus 6 extra at f5.6, Led lighting. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51150304957_d6e0cab520_c.jpg Full size Unfortunately with this adapter I can not properly use the MP-E as the F number shown ...

Very nice; I would love to see a tutorial on postproduction from those of you who know how to get those deep blacks and colours, it is something I was never fully satisfied with..
What LED lights do you use?

found the picture, of course I forgot to label things (doh), and there's only three materials, but the dark one is the protostar. will see that I can make a better version eventually. Is protostar still available?, I read somewhere that it was out of business. I am running out of flocking material ...

I did never send any entries because I thought I needed and actual microscope to participate. This is the first year I sent some images, old and new

Wow! Very nice patterns..I will have to cut some small pieces from my girlfriend´s stockings; I hope she does not realize..

Nice!! looks like a very interesting meeting I will follow for sure, good luck with you presentation but I am sure you do not need it..

Hi seta666, Places to look for is your local pharmacy, work out shops (fitness) and health care shops... That often have a variety of things to test out, give it a try Thanks, I want to talk to a friend who works at a pharmacy; they may have some things like paracetamol, aspirine iboprufen and such...