I have always loved microscopy and it is one of my favorite hobbies, except amateur astronomy. All of the pictures I will post are taken with my Meade 8006 microscope. With the 10x eyepieces it has a high magnification of 1000x. With the 12x eyepieces it has a high magnification of 1500x. I hope you enjoy the pics! Here is a picture of the scope:

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Here is a housefly leg at 100x magnification.

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This is the Human cerebellum at 100x magnification:

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This is a cross section I made of mature pine wood. It is at 100x magnification.

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Here are some rotifers at 100x magnification:


I will post some more later. For now I am going to go watch some T.V. I will try to make a few high powered pics later tonight to post.

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Here is a human red blood smear at 400x magnification. The little purple thing in the pic is a lymphocyte (white blood cell).


I will get a high magnification picture of this later.

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Those pictures really look nice. Are most of them commercially prepared? I see that you made your own pine-wood one. I'm planning on buying a microscope myself. I had originally wanted apochromatic objectives but they're few and far between. I noticed in 2000 that the relatively economical Mikmed-6, a Russian scope, had them but they were not plan and that scope looked kinda nonstandard. Everything else about that scope looked cruddy, too. I think that scope is out-of-production. But I see some other binocular scopes with planachromatic objectives selling for about $1000 or so. Trinoculars cost a little more. I see that the cameras that fit those microscopes are kinda expensive and are only about 1/4-1/2 megapixel. I wonder if an ordinary digital camera could be adapted to those scopes. It would be nice to have a calibrated reticle on one of the eyepieces to present a micron-scale with the image.

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Those pictures really look nice. Are most of them commercially prepared? I see that you made your own pine-wood one. I'm planning on buying a microscope myself. I had originally wanted apochromatic objectives but they're few and far between. I noticed in 2000 that the relatively economical Mikmed-6, a Russian scope, had them but they were not plan and that scope looked kinda nonstandard. Everything else about that scope looked cruddy, too. I think that scope is out-of-production. But I see some other binocular scopes with planachromatic objectives selling for about $1000 or so. Trinoculars cost a little more. I see that the cameras that fit those microscopes are kinda expensive and are only about 1/4-1/2 megapixel. I wonder if an ordinary digital camera could be adapted to those scopes. It would be nice to have a calibrated reticle on one of the eyepieces to present a micron-scale with the image.

Well, depending on what you want the microscope for you don't need to spend a $1000. Mine cost me about $460 with shipping and handling. You can find my model here I don't use a special camera either. I just hold a digital camera up to the microscope lens and snap the picture. I would like to get a camera made special for microscopes, but I'm not made of money! You can buy adapters to fit a camera to a microscope (see here) This option is something I am considering. All of the slides except for the blood smear and the pine wood are pre-made slides that I found online. I will see if I can isolate some bacteria tonight and make some slides if I have time. The staining can sometimes take some time so I will see. I will get some human pathology pictures posted tonight though.

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. . . real nice Photographs Albert - keep 'em comin' ;)

> strange days - i have been lookin' for a 'Microscope' for over two years - Wonderin' what i should get - for 'Professional Work'


> below: depicts that which i was contemplatin' and as well - might interest some of you too . . .






BioVid Video Camera $699us

Camera: High Resolution, 1/3" Color CCD, C/CS Mount
Horizontal Resolution: 470 TV Lines
Picture Elements: 768 (h) x 494(v): NTSC, 752 (h) x 582 (v): PAL
Sensitivity: 0.8 Lux Minimum
Scanning System: NTSC (USA System). PAL available on request.
Video Output: S Video BNC Composite, RCA Composite
Macro Lens: Adjustable from 4" to Infinity
Dimensions: 1.6"W x 1.6"H x 2.1"D, 0.31 Lbs (41mm x 41mm x 52mm, 140g)



. . . might want to see this: Digital Microscope Components and for those 'searching for a Microscope': Buying a Microscope

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Science Status Page . . .

Albert, what great pictures and a fascinating hobby! I look forward to seeing more.

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. . . real nice Photographs Albert - keep 'em comin' ;)

> strange days - i have been lookin' for a 'Microscope' for over two years - Wonderin' what i should get - for 'Professional Work'


> below: depicts that which i was contemplatin' and as well - might interest some of you too . . .






BioVid Video Camera $699us

Camera: High Resolution, 1/3" Color CCD, C/CS Mount
Horizontal Resolution: 470 TV Lines
Picture Elements: 768 (h) x 494(v): NTSC, 752 (h) x 582 (v): PAL
Sensitivity: 0.8 Lux Minimum
Scanning System: NTSC (USA System). PAL available on request.
Video Output: S Video BNC Composite, RCA Composite
Macro Lens: Adjustable from 4" to Infinity
Dimensions: 1.6"W x 1.6"H x 2.1"D, 0.31 Lbs (41mm x 41mm x 52mm, 140g)



. . . might want to see this: Digital Microscope Components and for those 'searching for a Microscope': Buying a Microscope

If only I had the money to spend on a camera like that one......

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Time for a comparison. Below is a low powered view of what a normal human liver should look like.


Here is what cirrhosis of the liver looks like at low power:

Notice the change in color (this is not a camera defect) and the scar tissue in the liver.
More to come later.

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. . . start saving now ?

> great work here Albert . . . Thank You

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> great work here Albert . . . Thank You

I'm glad you like the pics. Thanks for the support! Oh, and I am already saving money towards a quad core comp and an LX200 telescope. I think my camera technique works just fine for my purposes anyway :) I am going to try to stain some bacteria. Let's hope it works out as it should.

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I had a nice bacteria stain done, but unfortunately the picture didn't turn out. I will try again at it later.

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I find the next two pics to be very pretty. They are both of clamydomanas (green algae) Here it is at low power:


and here it is at medium power:

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Know if only I had the money for this.....

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Know if only I had the money for this.....

You will, Albert. You will.

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Know if only I had the money for this.....

You will, Albert. You will.

I sure hope so! After all I found one from the 1980's that is a steal at $30,000 :)

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Know if only I had the money for this.....

You will, Albert. You will.

I sure hope so! After all I found one from the 1980's that is a steal at $30,000 :)

It sure does look like an impressive rig. What's its highest magnification?

Is it an 'electronic' microscope?

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