Paramecium bursaria

Chris_M · Post by **Chris_M** » Sat May 07, 2011 1:03 pm

Paramecium bursaria:

Videos:

40/0,95 Olympus SPlan apo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JiZoG4g_RU

100/1,25 Nikon Plan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhywloXWGbw

Images:
1-2: 40/0,95 Olympus SPlan apo
3-5: 100/1,25 Nikon Plan

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Sat May 07, 2011 1:13 pm

The pictures are the usual 10x better than brightfield images, but those videos are on a different order altogether. Amazing. I've never seen any of that in brightfield.

Pau · Post by **Pau** » Sat May 07, 2011 3:18 pm

Wow! Impressive images.

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Sat May 07, 2011 5:30 pm

Vey nice images and videos.

I would like to know the camera did you use for the videos.

Rogelio

Chris_M · Post by **Chris_M** » Sat May 07, 2011 11:15 pm

Rogelio

I use Panasonic DMC-FX60 for both photos and videos.

Cactusdave · Post by **Cactusdave** » Sun May 08, 2011 12:38 am

Excellent video and pictures from this modestly priced little compact camera. How did you couple it to your microscope?

Chris_M · Post by **Chris_M** » Sun May 08, 2011 1:50 am

Microscope and camera are connect with simple universal adapter by mounting camera on adapter and clamping adapter to eyepiece.
I need only to adjust zoom (to fill full frame) and distance between camera and eyepiece.

Cactusdave · Post by **Cactusdave** » Sun May 08, 2011 3:40 am

Thank you Chris. A fine illustration of what can be achived with a simple camera method. However the quality of the DIC images is simply outstanding to start with. Is this the Polish PZO DIC condenser system with Olympus lenses, or is it an all Olympus system? Either way the components are working together superbly.

Chris_M · Post by **Chris_M** » Sun May 08, 2011 6:20 am

It's individual polish DIC equipment, destined to work with original objectives but I noticed much better results when I replaced original achro objectives with Nikon and Olympus (especially Olympus 40x apo).
Probably one of the reason is much better correction in comparison to simple achromats.

fpelectronica · Post by **fpelectronica** » Sun May 08, 2011 10:50 am

Very good photos and superb video
Francisco

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Mon May 09, 2011 11:38 am

Chris,

Very nice indeed!
Again, some of the nicest looking DIC I've seen from "mix-and-match" equipment I've seen. Works really well together. I may have missed in an earlier post, but what is the camera that was used for the videos?

Chris_M · Post by **Chris_M** » Wed May 11, 2011 2:00 pm

Thanks

Charles, I described before my Panasonic FX60. It can be used for movie records.
I suppose that taking photos and videos with professional camera may help to achieve better results but using this compact camera is quite simple, uncomplicated and fast.