Being a 4th grade teacher, my mom happens to have a stash of prepared slides I can borrow. Here are some of my first shots:
For someone who was cluelessly playing around with some knobs, I think these photos turned out amazing. If I have one complaint about the microscope so far, it is that the image quality on the screen is much less than what appears in these photos. But man am I impressed with the photo quality.
As big, lumbering humans we often forget about the amazing breadth and complexity of that which lives just beneath our optical range. It was Rob Dunn's Every Little Thing that gave me a new appreciation for the world of small things. In my interview with him, he was clear that a very low power microscope -- even a magnifying glass -- is sufficient to see most of what is invisible to our naked eyes. A cheap microscope is all you need, but one with a camera is just too cool. Thank you, thank you, Mom and Dad.
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I would post all the photos and videos -- yes, it takes video, too -- online if someone would be kind enough to fund a pro Flickr account ($25/yr) or let me know of a similar service that will host unlimited high resolution images and videos.
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