Paramecium caudatum - DIC, Darkfield

Chris_M · Post by **Chris_M** » Sun May 15, 2011 2:13 am

Paramecium caudatum

First two videos show action of cilia.
To make cilia more clearly be seen, a drop of water with paramecium was mixed with gelatine solution in order to slow down movement.

DIC, Olympus 40/0,95
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFErSrAr5xM

DIC, Nikon 100/1,25
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCT2Fvhou1A&NR=1

Darkfield, Olympus 40/0,95
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y923dCpmvQ

Olympus 40/0,95

Stylonychia, Olympus 40/0,95

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Sun May 15, 2011 4:29 am

Excellent video. At 100x he is his own little universe.

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Mon May 16, 2011 5:18 pm

Nice! The 100X video is impressive. Can I ask what was used to record the video? I am finding that with the 100X objective and video I barely have enough light to get decent results.

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Tue May 17, 2011 4:35 am

Very nice videos!

I would like to know the camera that you used for the videos.

Rogelio

Chris_M · Post by **Chris_M** » Wed May 18, 2011 11:39 am

Thank you all,

Charles, Rogelio,
as a light source in my microscope is standard light bulb 15W 6V. Camera was the same as last time (Panasonic FX60).
Actually, all my videos are little grainy (especially with objective 100x). It's not clearly visible due to Youtube compression.