... believe the apo .80 is the best. ... It's odd that members don't seem to be able to access the full sized image in the photos section. You can find them...
John, Combnine Z should work with any image once they are digitized. The source makes no difference. Just don't use JPG images. Use a lossless format so the...
I theroy it shouuld but I don't know if combined Z will do it and there is not likely to be much more detail to find in photos exposeded the same that exceed...
Hello Frez, Your study looks pretty conclusive to me and underscores what I thought at the outset: equivalent quality phase objectives do not perform at the...
Happy New Year to all. In the slack post-Christmas days I've given some thought to the question of why contrast should be reduced. I'm sure Zeiss and other...
Hi everyone and happy New Year to all, For a while now, I've just been reading the forum and not participating. Mainly because I've had too many other irons in...
It isn't often that I write a message on this site, but I can't help bragging about what Santa left in my stocking this year. There was a lovely wooden...
Happy New Year to all. I am new to any type of message board so bear with me as I go through with a possible learning curve. Speaking of learning curves, the...
Santa was pretty good to me also. Although I didn't get a nice Cambridge Rocking microtome. Nice! I am just starting my own little paraffin block cutting...
... through ... chance ... AO ... that ... microscope. ... Hi Donna and Happy New Year If all is right with the setup that is a great purchase. There are a ...
... A couple years ago this question would have been silly because of the costs. Who has used diamond knives with a microtome? What use and materials justify...
By working with illumination intensity, aperture diaphragm adjustments, filtering and post processing in Photoshop, I was able to improve the quality of of...
Thanks Frez. That is so cool that you have one of these scopes! Can you tell me more about this particular scope? I have used some nice series 10 and other AO...
... have ... confirming ... great, ... The Series 2/Ortho combibation was built in the early 60s. The Ortho uses a 100w bulb that is available from bulb...
Thank you again Frez, For now I simply want to use it to view some microscope tissue slides (H&E and special stains of general tissue structures, acid fast ...
Last time I looked, there are two basic types of stepper motors: unipolar and bipolar. The circuits required to drive them are different (with unipolar being...
Djemge, I need a pair of B&L 10X WF eyepieces. If you find a pair of AOs that fit your needs, let me know and I might be able to buy the B&Ls John Odom...
Hi ya'll :-) I hope everyone has had a wonderful holiday season and I wish you all a prosperous new year! For those of you who visit my website I have posted 2...
Man made diamonds still have a considerable amount of energy invested in them a substantial time and labor in sharpening them. Machining the hardest substances...
Hi John, If the B&L eyepieces seem to be in good shape when I recieve the scope I would be happy to trade for AO oculars if you find any. Frez said the ones I...
Hi Frez: Would a pair of AO Cat. # 138s work for djemge? They came with my Series 2 but, I have since replaced them with a pair of Leica WF 10x eyepieces. Bob...
I agree with Gordon that synthetic diamonds aren't likely to bring down the price of diamond microtome knives. I used to sell tools for machine shops and we...
Hi Bob and Djemge, Well Bob, I have a pair of AO #146s in relatively good condition which I would be happy to pass on to Djemge. Also, I would be interested...
Hi Gary and Djemge: Yes, I'm willing to part with my AO # 138s. Discuss it with "Djemge." Please let me know what you two decide (Sorry Djemege, about that! I...
djemge, Hey, I'm the one who sold you the scope...this is a great group :) I was going to try and duplicate Frez's outfit, but no time and 3 Wild M20, ...
Hi Jay: I wondered if it was your AO Djemge was talking about. Great! Djemge, if your seeing this post, you are dealing with a great guy! If your AO turns out...
Jay, I am looking forward to getting the scope and messing around with it. This does seem like a great group. Especially since I have been more on the user end...
DJ, I listed the scopes last Sunday nite..the other AO sold the next day (incomplete) I had intended to use some of the pieces (turret) on the AO you ...
Hey Bob, that is great news! After I do a little more Histology contract work (hopefully I'll get more of this work)I should be able to afford another scope to...
