Experimenting with a Meiji objective. http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/153_4Posting_Revised_Final_20170312_150028_BRadius8Smoothing4_1.jpg Experimenting with a Meiji objective, ... darkfield illumination DM phase objective. http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/153_Final_PS_2017...

They look great to me. I'd like to try that myself someday. Thanks for sharing.

Excellent Steve, I liked the larger version too.

... excellent images, lots of work there too.

... love #3 but they're all sweet.

... do you mean like the Tulip flower? That's crazy.

Thanks ... I thought it looked like #29. Lyra E. var. elliptica, (Moellers Typen PI. 3).



-JW:

Finally back to taking pic(s) again.



-JW:

A couple of things on that video. 1 That big blob over the light, what is that? 2 It looks like at some time the condenser holder was messed with, maybe refitted with screws that are too long? If it's in the wrong place side to side as it wobbles, it may also be wrong front to back if it's incorrec...

Thanks for the suggestions, links etc. I've been fighting this simple process for a long time now, a little over 2 MONTHS and nearly everyday. Those helping me probably think I'm mentally challenged. <g> Come to find out there were a few obstacles I kept dealing with and some that I wasn't even awar...

Polymerurus nodicaudus?

I am still struggling with Koehler Illumination. I haven't a clue why. Others have helped via private email, Oh'well. One problem I did have was the dovetail on my Optiphot condenser was loose but I fixed that today. Then my phase condenser wasn't centering consistently. All of which hindered the pr...

Wow ... absolutely awesome in stereo.

Very nice. Lots of nice images are being posted.

... what were the step increments with the 100x? Were these done with your MM-11 and the new stepper motor setup?