Tardigrade (water bear)

ABEL · Post by **ABEL** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 2:56 am

Hello

I have been ¡¡ lucky ¡¡ and I have found a tardigrade (water bear).

Video and photos DIC 20X 40X.

http://youtu.be/cvJbUyO0Wtw?hd=1

Starshade · Post by **Starshade** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 3:43 am

Wow, that's amazing! How did you do that?

I have whole load of antarctic water bears in petri dishes in my experiments and I thought they were annoying (because I can't find a proper technique to take pictures or videos). I think I need DIC for lower magnifications lenses than 100x

harisA · Post by **harisA** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:39 am

first time i see such a a spectacular tardigrade image...
Please tell as more about your setup.
I would like to see a brightfield image so fine focused as the dic image.
Which jenoptic camera you own and how you manage to project the intermediate image to the sensor?

Thanks in advance

lauriek · Post by **lauriek** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 6:32 am

Beautifully done as usual Abel! Any idea what those internal bits are? (Look a bit like fallopian tubes?)

ABEL · Post by **ABEL** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 7:22 am

I have used the obj. DIC FLUORITE 20X 40X; microscope Olympus BX 51 and camera Jenoptick Progress CF with electronic flash.