A purple ciliat - Blepharisma musculus

myriophyllum · Post by **myriophyllum** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 5:32 pm

Hi,

I'd like to show a video of some Blepharisma musculus.
They are purple colored (similar to Stentor igneus) ciliates
found between Sphagnum under the ice of a small lake.

You can find the video here:

http://youtu.be/JApW6Vn_0wI

… some "crops" out of the movie stills:

(Standard 18; Planapo 25/0.65; Kpl 20x; DSLR)

Your comments are welcome.

Greetings

Jens

Edit: As Bruce posted, it seems to be Blepharisma musculus not Amphileptus.
I will edit the video title, too.

Bruce Taylor · Post by **Bruce Taylor** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 6:42 pm

Extremely nice footage! It's a Blepharisma musculus.

myriophyllum · Post by **myriophyllum** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 7:30 pm

Hi Bruce,

thanks for the ID, it will be corrected.

Greetings

Jens

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 9:48 pm

Very nice video to watch in 720 HD full screen. I must complement you on your "tracking" ability as you follow the subject... very smooooth!

arturoag75 · Post by **arturoag75** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:06 am

Very nice video and very reliable illumination technique

arturo

Pau · Post by **Pau** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 10:51 am

Nice protist very well imaged.

myriophyllum wrote:(Standard 18; Planapo 25/0.65; Kpl 20x; DSLR)

As user of Zeiss Standard microscopes that KPL 20X intrigues me a lot. Could you explain (here or at the technical forum) how do you use it with the camera and how magnification on sensor do you get?

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 12:05 pm

Nice video!

Rogelio

myriophyllum · Post by **myriophyllum** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:19 am

Charles Krebs wrote:Very nice video to watch in 720 HD full screen. I must complement you on your "tracking" ability as you follow the subject... very smooooth!

Thank You, Charles,

tracking ... my gliding stage has to be serviced, it might get even better then.

Greetings

Jens

myriophyllum · Post by **myriophyllum** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:21 am

Pau wrote:Nice protist very well imaged.
myriophyllum wrote:(Standard 18; Planapo 25/0.65; Kpl 20x; DSLR)
As user of Zeiss Standard microscopes that KPL 20X intrigues me a lot. Could you explain (here or at the technical forum) how do you use it with the camera and how magnification on sensor do you get?

Hi,

I used the 0,25x T2 Adapter (63 mm) with the Kpl 20x/8 (field stop removed to cover the sensor of the EOS 5DII) instead of the
S-Kpl 10x/20 photoeyepiece.
So the magnification is 25x20x0.25 = 125x.
So the ciliate is about 130 mü long.

Greetings
Jens

myriophyllum · Post by **myriophyllum** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:24 am

RogelioMoreno wrote:Nice video!

Rogelio

arturoag75 wrote:Very nice video and very reliable illumination technique
arturo

Rogelio and arturo,
thank You for the compliments. :-)

Greetings

Jens

A purple ciliat - Blepharisma musculus

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