Wow -- the "bigger" version has awesome details around the mouthparts! Can you give us some more details about how this thing is illuminated? I gather that it's colored by Rheinberg, but is there an oblique colorless component also, or maybe DIC ? --Rik Thanks Rik ! No , I do not own DIC I made a s...

As I promised to few our forum members, post about adopting a AO condenser (and others) to the Nikon microscope. The AO condenser was purchased to make some tests with FO illumination, so I decided to clean the dust and make something useful. This is one of the initial designs _DSC2965-web1333x2000U...

Sony A6300, Microphot, infinity Nikon 20x BD, 135mm TL, 1.4x teleconverter, 198photos, Pmax/Dmap

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Video: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bauras/50 ... ateposted/

Michael, great details !

The Red
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphocephala_coccinea

Bigger: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/505 ... f403_o.jpg

Pretending to be invisible

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OK, mystery solved: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=4625001210905631&set=pcb.1628375254010550 https://www.facebook.com/SciencePhotoLibrary/photos/a.399498442948/10158410026142949/ "The appendages on top of the head are air sacs used to control buoyancy. The larvae of these insects are aquatic an...

Interesting ebay listing:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/254763207516
What it could be ?

Buffalo treehopper (Stictocephala bisonia)

Bigger: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/505 ... 103a_o.jpg

Beautiful set !

Stink bug nymph
Nikon D7200, Sigma 150mm 2.8 OS, Kenko 36mm

Bigger: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/505 ... 9281_o.jpg

Adalbert wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 09, 2020 11:48 am

Hi Saul,
Great job!
Question: what about the backlash caused by velcro ?
Best ADi

Thanks Adalbert !
Did not notice any, but please keep in mind - I'm using it in vertical setups only with microscopes or their blocks .

Pau wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 09, 2020 12:04 pm

Great work again, Saul

Nikon BHMJ

BHMJ is an Olympus model, I don't know the existence of this denomination in Nikon models, what am I missing?

Thanks Pau !
Correct, my mistake, it is Nikon model in my photos

RLSprouse wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 09, 2020 8:20 am

Really great info, Saul! Thanks so much for posting all the detailed info you provide. Us beginners appreciate it.

On the velcro comment, did you mean "forgiving" instead of "forgettable"?

~ Russ

Thanks Russ, you are correct, my English is not a "greatest"

Very nice portrait, I like very much face "expression"