Intro and ID

leobalbi · Post by **leobalbi** » Fri May 10, 2013 2:43 pm

Hello all,

After a couple of years just enjoying the wonderful posts, I've decided made a little contribution and ask for ID help. A small diatom from a very old slide. The first picture was made with COL, on a Ortholux I, with Heine, the second one, also with the Heine condenser at the beginning of the dark field. Objective Pv Fl Oil 70/1.15, Ocular periplan 8x, Mikas adapter 1/3x, and a Pentax K200d.

Best's
Leonardo Balbi

René · Post by **René** » Fri May 10, 2013 3:43 pm

Hi Leonardo, nice of you to post your images. It sounds like a great kit you have. The diatom looks like Rhaphoneis amphiceros, is it from a marine environment?

Best wishes, René

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Sat May 11, 2013 7:01 am

Excellent photos!

leobalbi · Post by **leobalbi** » Mon May 13, 2013 10:12 am

Hello René, Thank's for the ID!

Carlos, Thank's by you kind words. I still have a lot to learn and improve!

Best's
Leonardo Balbi

Marek Mis · Post by **Marek Mis** » Mon May 13, 2013 11:38 pm

Very interesting images.
Your 70 X objective is very strange for me. I have never heard about it.

Marek

leobalbi · Post by **leobalbi** » Tue May 14, 2013 4:31 am

Hello Marek,

I don't know about the rarity of this objective, but it is the same listed on page 16 of this manual http://www.science-info.net/docs/leitz/LeitzHeine.pdf .

My Heine set is listed as Optical outfit C3, on page 19 in same document. But, unfortunately I didn't have the 10 pv objective

Here some pictures of it (sorry about quality, made them with cell phone and low light)

Best's
Leonardo Balbi

arturoag75 · Post by **arturoag75** » Tue May 14, 2013 11:24 pm

very nice shots Leo

are you italian?
best
arturo

leobalbi · Post by **leobalbi** » Wed May 15, 2013 5:18 am

Ciao Arturo!

Thank's by your words.

My grandfathers are italians and I still have some parents in Italy (Genova e Venezia).

Un abbraccio,
Leonardo Balbi