JohnBrewer Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 I treated myself to a binocular microscope just before Christmas. Just showing off some amber inclusions with a little manipulation including stacking. 15 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 WOW ! ! That was a worthwhile investment. The detail shown here is astonishing! 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagurus Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Awesome. My jaw is melting with jeolousy. Did the scope come with an imaging device or are you using your own camera? In either case, your photographic experience shows! I want a toy too! 1 Start the day with a smile and get it over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailingAlongToo Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Simply amazing! 1 Don't know much about history Don't know much biology Don't know much about science books......... Sam Cooke - (What A) Wonderful World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Nice John I am 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepTimeIsotopes Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Wow nice pics! Does the scale bar automatically adjust to the zoom? 1 Each dot is 50,000,000 years: Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic........... Paleo......Meso....Ceno.. Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here Doesn't time just fly by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 It’s one of these but with a 3mp camera https://www.amscope.com/compound-microscopes/brightfield/40x-2500x-led-digital-binocular-compound-microscope-with-3d-stage-usb-camera.html The camera came with stacking software. These images were taken at the lowest magnification, a 4x objective. I want less power for larger inclusions so will look for a 1x or 2x objective. 4 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, UtahFossilHunter said: Wow nice pics! Does the scale bar automatically adjust to the zoom? The scale bar is a part of the included software but annoyingly does export with the image. What I’ve done is make a screenshot, overlaid on the high def image and erased the low def image bar the bar. 1 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Very nice @JohnBrewer Its a gadget that's on my list. 1 Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Wonderful photography, John! 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 John, I would have expected you to have done this on tintype photographs. Very nice none the less, great job! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 30 minutes ago, caldigger said: John, I would have expected you to have done this on tintype photographs. Very nice none the less, great job! My previous intern, Martina, used a microscope to make tintypes for her undergrad degree last year. It was a technical nightmare. For those that understand photography, tintype emulsion has an ISO (ASA) of around 1. Bellows extension and a small aperture made life very difficult particularly as the emulsion needs to be wet from exposure to processing, which, with such long exposures made it extremely challenging Here is Martina with some of her scanned and enlarged images at her graduation exhibition using the tintype wet plate collodion technique. 2 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Nice new toy John, should give You a whole new perspective on Your fossils. 1 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 John very nice- I just bought something from them yesterday and should have it in a week. I wanted something that can take nice pics but in the 3-5 times range. I already have a binocular microscope with a separate dual fiber optic. I wish you well and hope that mine will do what I want. Below is a pic- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagebrush Steve Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 I am very impressed! Amscope seems to make excellent microscopes and of course you know how to make great photographs. Just curious, I was expecting to see that you had bought a stereo microscope but it looks like you bought a compound microscope. What will you mainly be using it for? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 18 hours ago, Sagebrush Steve said: I am very impressed! Amscope seems to make excellent microscopes and of course you know how to make great photographs. Just curious, I was expecting to see that you had bought a stereo microscope but it looks like you bought a compound microscope. What will you mainly be using it for? Mostly playing around with Violet I’m tempted now to buy a stereo microscope for prep work and looking at amber inclusions. It seems Amscope make a few that will take the camera I already have. John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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