I'm learning lots of new words.
Image shows the AZM (adoral zone of membranelles); see what I mean.
Note also a few of the many nuclei (on the left); contractile vacuole (I think) on bottom right.
Colour is reasonable; it was a bluish/green.
Olympus BHS DIC, 20x S Plan Achro, 1.25x intermediate lens, 2.5x NFK relay lens; single frame, flash.
NUM10121
NU.
student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives
Another view, same setup as earlier but with 10x S Plan Achro.
Note the large number of nuclei on the left and lower part of body.
NUM10122
NU.
student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives
Thanks Pau, Dave, & Charles.
Looking at F/W organisms and rotating the DIC analyser shows such amazing detail that it raises microscopy to a new level of enjoyment.
Can't see me looking at F/W life forms any way other than DIC.
It must be truly amazing to be using Olympus's new DIC scopes; somewhere I saw they have 3 analyzers for specimens of different thickness.
NU.
student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives
There seems to be a lot of detail in these images. How does it compare to the regular brightfield view? Did you get images both ways, or is it too much of a different setup? Just wondered, cause I never get to see them like this.
DIC makes different structures show up really well. A subject that looks structureless under regular BF will show all sorts of stuff inside the cell with DIC. You would see very little of the detail I show with regular BF.
Very simple to use, just a part below the condenser and a part below the trinocular.
Unfortunately these 2 parts are very expensive, even when bought as used.
They very rarely show up on ebay where I got mine.
NU.
student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives
with this big ear it should have a good sense of hearing 
