ChrisR wrote:I look forward to seing the movie sometime

And of course if you wanted more resolution you could "simply" run a stack at each interval, as you've given yourself the option in the optics at least..

Yes the "simply" I like.

yes absolutely.

About the camera macro focus (RSS Macro Focuser). (Really Right Stuff) I could do better here. This macro focusing slider has some problems.... For precise detail work, it becomes loose and floppy between the time you loosen the knob, adjust, and re-tighten. It does this even worse when mounted ver...

There are dedicated image analysis systems that can take into account all of these things that rjlittlefield and pau mention once calibrated properly to be able to measure the true dimensions. If it is for work and you get paid for it then maybe try contacting a university which has a image analysis...

Sirs, here is my solution, I use fixed stuff instead of bellows. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7087/6975043604_3bd6f081ce.jpg Flickr ? yanyading ? Olympus CH-2 Microscope with Tube (Projective Eyepiece Inside), Canon 350D and Angle Viewfinder. The result is also good. http://farm7.staticflickr.com/...

Nice set up. Are you using the bellows to achieve greater magnification or merely to replace a lens system between the phototube and camera to have the image correctly on the sensor? I use a diagnostic instruments system.

Talking about resolution, yes the mitutoyo X5 f=200mm long working distance plan apochromat has a stated resolution of 2um. Ok so this lens is not being used under the ideal conditions of a true microscopy set up to measure resolution, however, with the aperture inserted and affecting the lens NA, I...

Hi, before using this setup, (and I still regularly use the following) 105mm macros, 60mm macros, extension tubes, same lighting as shown or more powerful LED light systems developed by me as well. Yes I could have invested in bellows etc but never did. I guess coming from the microscope side i want...

Here is another shot using the X5 Mitutoyo f=200mm long working distance objective with an iris diaphragm.



The ommatidia are resolved more than enough for HD video. BTW no sharpening algorithms applied.

Sorry forgot to say, no, time lapses posted right now on this forum but some of my work can be seen here:

https://www.youtube.com/user/francischeefilms

Absolutely agree there, as i taught this stuff at uni too LOL. But i guess for what I'm doing, the resolution I require is more than adequate for HD video. i don't try and stop down too far past the 2.5 mark on the iris from Edmund as the image does indeed degrade and of course the lighting can beco...

Here are some stills from time-lapse sequences using X2 and X5 Mitutoyo f=200mm objective long working distance lenses with a tech spec iris diaphragm mounted within the infinity space of this lens. http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/3924_X2Mitutoyo_DSC_00004_1.jpg http://www.photomacrogr...

Hi this is really a two fold post. Firstly a huge thank you to everyone here who has posted about using Mitutoyo objectives. Secondly a big thank you (i think I already have thanked but I'll do it again) to Chris Slaybaugh for all his posts about his "Brat Cam". I've been a lurker on this site for a...

Hi an excellent presentation of great resourcefulness especially with the lighting setup.

Very nice pics! Does Magnesium chloride work as well to "anaesthetize" them? I used to routinely use mag chloride for working with echinoderm larve