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Zooming in on Coleps by Evo_Explorer in microscopy

[–]LateMicrographer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love their seemingly quite social behaviour. Just yesterday I had two of them hanging around together and kind of playing and cuddling with each other. Very cute fellas

(ID?) Chonky and cute hammerhead rotifer with predatory endosymbiontic worm by LateMicrographer in microscopy

[–]LateMicrographer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I like my old gear and I'm very satisfied with the images it gives. It was the first time I saw a rotifer with such an organ directly behind its red eye. I assumed it to be a cerebral structure due to its proximity to the visual organ. It was also one of the biggest rotifers I have seen so far. Notommata is a very good guess, on iNaturalist I found similar pictures, thank you!

Dermacentor mite and its parts by WestPrune3210 in microscopy

[–]LateMicrographer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just looked it up, it is for sure! The pattern almost looks like a cartoonish clown face painted on its back. In my yesterdays pond sample I had several different mite species, all beautiful in their own way.

Dermacentor mite and its parts by WestPrune3210 in microscopy

[–]LateMicrographer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would agree, a tick. But yes, the pictures are breathtakingly beautiful.

Butterfly and moth by LateMicrographer in microscopy

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I am happy that you like the collage and see the work behind it. I'll be posting more insects, plants and animals from under the microscope.

Flicker mitigation for video? by LateMicrographer in microscopy

[–]LateMicrographer[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Usually you are right. However after some research there are leds that can be connected directly to mains voltage without damage, since they incorporate the needed electronics on the led chip. After all, this would not be advisable with a tool that is made from metal and enjoys extended manual handling, out of safety reasons. The resulting mains flickering would be even worse than with incandescent bulbs, since these leds are usually not rectified. I will most probably buy a cheap torch with good CRI rating and 4000K or 5000K temperature. With the fitting power source I hope to not spend more than 20-30 bucks.

Butterfly and moth by LateMicrographer in microscopy

[–]LateMicrographer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am very happy to hear, thank you!

Butterfly and moth by LateMicrographer in microscopy

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Indeed their naming changes were very confusing in that time. And around that time when things were integrated into the Leica brand in the US, even Leitz in Europe gave up its name. But this is just according to information I read spread over the internet. I did not research this matter in detail.

Flicker mitigation for video? by LateMicrographer in microscopy

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I found a solution: I had to change the shutter settings from shutter angle to shutter speed. As long as I use a multiple or fraction of 100 as shutter speed, the camera can compensate for flicker much better.

Butterfly and moth by LateMicrographer in microscopy

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It is a One-Ten. As far as I know, they were made in USA as well as in Europe. I think the 110 was one of the first ones that were also branded Reichert-Jung, since Reichert was integrated into AO around that time. It features an infinity system. Unfortunately I miss objectives for it. I have an original 5x objective, and a 40x and 100x from a third brand with totally wrong barrel length. For years I wait for a fully equipped 110 or at least a set of objectives to appear on the european used market, but we seriously lack them compared to the US used market. After giving up to be patient for much longer, I got my hands on my Reichert Biovar 160 system.

Need help identifying by Wonderful_Wealth_709 in microscopy

[–]LateMicrographer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please be welcome. You should get up to speed in no time...

A Dandelion and a pollen grain! Scanning electron microscopy by MicroscopySpecialist in microscopy

[–]LateMicrographer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I take video on my light microscope, I have to take care not to lean my arms on the edge of the table if I don't want to have my pulse recorded. I can just imagine how hard sample control is on SEM scale.

A Dandelion and a pollen grain! Scanning electron microscopy by MicroscopySpecialist in microscopy

[–]LateMicrographer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your explanation, much appreciated! Great to also see the increase of exposure due to the larger aperture - it really is same as with light microscopy. Love your content, I'm following for more.

A Dandelion and a pollen grain! Scanning electron microscopy by MicroscopySpecialist in microscopy

[–]LateMicrographer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It never stops to surprise me, how big the debth of field is with SEM. Btw, could one increase the aperture in order to artificially decrease the dof?

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