


Leitz Ortholux microscope
4X Leitz projection eyepiece plus 1/3x relay lens
Image No.1 Anterior Lateral and Median Eye of a Jumping Spider
115 images at 5 micron increments
Olympus 10X Achromat
Diffused Fiber Optic Illumination
Image No.2 Anterior Median Eyes of a Jumping Spider
A different subject from image number 1, but same as in the Spiders No. 20.
A critical eye will find in this image plumose hairs of a grass spider. This is due to contamination in my sloppy prep work. They do not belong with this species.
72 images at 5 micron increments
Nikon 10X Achromat,
Diffused Fiber Optic Illumination
Image No.3 Anterior Lateral and Median Eyes of a Jumping Spider
Same subject as image number 2.
?? images at .001 inch increments. (lost my records)
Leitz UO 6.5 X Achromat ULTROPAK objective
Diffused Fiber Optic Illumination
Canon 50D
Zerene PMax and Photoshop 7 processing.
On axis or face on shots of round shiny eyes are always problematic as they reflect the objective lens imaging them. When there is a pair of eyes and the objective is centered between them parallax causes, what I consider, a dreadful cross-eyed look as the lens image appears off center in the eyes. This affect is prominent in image number 3.
I have yet to solve these perplexing problems, but image number two is my best result to date. My main purpose here is to reveal more of the inner details of these most amazing eyes. As noted above, two different subjects were imaged.
Walt