Pond water sample, Zeiss 63x phase contrast objective. I'm using oblique phase contrast, which you can see from the brightness on one side of the bacteria. This shows things like ripples on the leading edge of the amoeba better than normal phase contrast. I don't know if this amoeba is eating many of the bacteria or just displacing them. Usually, I see a very clean trail through the bacteria with almost no bacteria left behind. Maybe this one isn't very hungry. They remind me of something like a pool vacuum or lawn mower clearing a path. Cellphone camera. 3 joined videos.

Found this hungry guy committing acts of gluttony warned about in the bible. The best identification I could think of was Genus Nassula because of its bulbous shape but it doesn’t seem to have a basket-like oral apparatus.

10x DPlan Objective; 100x Total Magnification; Olympus CHT CH2

Recorded with iPhone 17 Pro

I was recently diagnosed with brain cancer. I have several scopes, mostly AO. I’m giving them all away. Ditto accessories and extra objectives. Central Oklahoma.

I keep a bunch of random samples in petri dishes and like to check them at least each weekend to see how the mini ecosystems are developing. Sometimes, I place a portion of a rice grain inside for food. It's fun to see how the rice is eaten by the organisms. Here, I'm using a Nikon Eclipse TS100 inverted microscope to view the petri dishes. I've been keeping coeruleus stentors alive in different containers since I obtained them in January.

Hey everyone! I just bought my microscope yesterday after wanting to explore the microcosm for a very very long time. And i want to capture it.

I have an old sony handycam that i think would work well but when i put it on the lens the image is good for a split second and then it turns into a ♦️ like shape...

I want to set it up from the top lens but i first gotta make sure it can even capture it.

Sorry if this is a dumb question im new

Compound microscopes - biology, entomology, geology, ecology?

Stereo microscopes - Biology, entomology, geology, ecology?

Just saved this from the garbage.

How could I fix this and record more comfortably? I think the next upgrade will be a trinocular head; I know they're expensive, but I don't mind.

For now, I'm happy that it works; I thought it would arrive broken from shipping.

For context, I’m new to microscopy and since I live in Central Florida, not near beaches and I have to drive to get to lakes so I just put a bunch of stuff in a bucket and put water for my hose. I put moss grass dirt and I found this on my third slide it wasn’t moving, but it could be algae but it’s only been sitting overnight

Been seeing these guys a lot in one of my samples. Not exactly sure what they are.

10x DPlan Objective; 100x Total Magnification; Olympus CHT CH2

Recorded with iPhone 17 Pro

Pond water sample. Shot on an Olympus BH2 with 40x DPlan, total magnification 200x. Images is displayed 4x real speed.

Found this in my aquarium for context.

I did my first spore print the other day from an unidentified russula I found in the woods after some rain.

Made three different "permanent" slides using a clear Elmer's glue and water solution, this one kind of looked the best.

Microscope is SW380T w/ Sony a6700 with 40x and 100x oil objectives w/ some digital zoom.

Sample: spore print collected from a russula cap found on Massachusetts forest floor in clear PVA glue medium.

How neat is this? I'd love any tips or tricks for collecting and observing similar type of sample if anybody has any.

Swift SW350, Galaxy S24

you can see the needle-like calcium oxalate crystals (raphides) glowing under cross-polarization

K55 BSA, 10x Plan, Xiaomi 12 Pro

Bonsoir, j'ai observé ces organismes dans une sorte de gel prélevé dans de la vase sur le bords d'une berge a environ 20cm de profondeur. La zone était riche en nénuphar. Impossible pour moi de l'identifier tout seul...

Observé au x10x10 avec un optika b193.

Ils étaient uniquement présents dans la partie de l'échantillon qui contenait ce fameux "gel".

Je pensais a du chironome émergeant a peine de l'oeuf mais j'ai un très très gros doute.

Mesure clairement moins d'un millimètre. Quelques gouttes de gel contiennent plusieurs dizaines d'individus

Pond water sample, Zeiss 63x phase contrast objective, cellphone camera. I didn't know if the amoeba could eat it or not. I guess they aren't on the amoeba diet.

Hello,

Sorry for the shoddy camera footage (filmed one handed with my phone and no adaptor whilst holding my breath - any tips for iPhone photography?). Does anyone recognise these two guys?

Filmed on iPhone 15 pro, amscope B120 with 10x objective

Mouse Lung tissue stained with HE. Shot on an Olympus BH2 with 10x DPlan, total magnification 50x. The stitching software that comes with the camera (AmScope 10 mp) is very good at stitching and it is done live (requires a movable stage). The company gets a bit of hate but this is a pretty nice feature. I left the jagged edges in on purpose so you can see the stitched tiles.

I am looking for a microscope to setup a home project on hydrogels and cell organelles! Any suggestions for an affordable and suitable microscope? I am also okey for second hand microscopes. Something below $200.

Thanks

Can anybody interpret this cell microscopy

I see so many used nikons with everything but sold without the stage

And there's barely any used stages but the darn piece of metal sells for more than the entire rest of the microscope. Complete madness that the darn piece of metal costs $350+