Brachonella spiralis, Plagiopyla nasuta, loxodes.

ABEL · Post by **ABEL** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 4:58 am

Hello ¡

I publish three microbes; they come from a river and reservoir between algae.

Plagiopyla nasuta 40X DIC

Loxodes 40X DIC

Brachonella spiralis 40X

dennisua · Post by **dennisua** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 5:46 am

Very imprssive images. This DIC thing rules!
How do you image live organisms with 40X objective? Do you put them between coverglass and slide with little water in between? I tried putting dirty water into glass slide with cavity but image quality was much to be desired in both light and dark fields an anything but 10{ objective. Just putting them between slide and cover slip gives better picture but water evapores very quickly.

ABEL · Post by **ABEL** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 6:14 am

Hello.

I make water small between coverglass and slide but sufficient water in order that the microbes could swim with naturalness. I never use microscope slide with cavity.

Cactusdave · Post by **Cactusdave** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 1:27 pm

Up to your usual standard Abel, which is to say sensational. You have one of the best performing combinations of microscope, DIC system and camera that I have seen whether in professional or amateur hands.

(That's meant to be a drooling smiley!)

discomorphella · Post by **discomorphella** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:03 pm

Hi Abel--

Those are spectacular pictures (as usual). Are you using a U-CA or U-ECA magnification changer on your BX-51? Also, could you post a picture of how you bring the flash illumination into your BX illuminator?

Thanks,

David

ABEL · Post by **ABEL** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:27 pm

Hello ¡

This is the adapter of the flash with the optical fiber; inside the adapter there are the lenses for Kohler's light.

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 5:46 pm

Abel,

Beautiful set!

Rogelio

Pau · Post by **Pau** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 1:44 am

Abel, extraordinary images again!
My favorite is the n3, with its comic like "face".

Because I'm in the way of set up a DIC system with mixed parts, I have some technical questions about your setup:
- What DIC prism slider do you use? U-DICT, U-DICTS... . Does it induce color casts both when it's at the right position and when it's out of it?
- What is the distance between this prism slider and the objective shoulder?
- Is there any optical element between the objective and the DIC prism?
- I'm interested in the other end of your fiber optic light guide, where it meets the flash. Do you use any kind of lens to colimate the light into the fiber optic bundle?.

Marek Mis · Post by **Marek Mis** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 3:20 am

Abel,

Perfect images, as usual. Wonderful colours and details.

Marek

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:44 pm

Abel,

Once again, gorgeous images!

Ecki · Post by **Ecki** » Sat Jul 02, 2011 11:09 am

Bonjour Abel,

Wonderful pictures!

Regards
Ecki