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Hi Jason, how do you get such good pictures? Do you use a DSLR attached to the triscope?
 
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Hi Jason, how do you get such good pictures? Do you use a DSLR attached to the triscope?
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Secret to photography is to take millions of pictures. At least one should turn out good. ;)

Much easier or cheaper to do with digital. But no I don't use a DSLR. It's a dedicated camera mounted on top. This is the scope and kit got.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BPJJ70I?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00

I have ideas of what I want next. I was going to keep upgrading this one but now I think I will give it to my kids and buy a whole new setup to start with again.

I'm expecting the next setup will be over double what I paid for that one.

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1. Plan inifinity corrected objectives
2. Trinocular
3. 18mp usb 3.0 top mounted camera
4. Phase contrast kit

I can get that together then will look at getting a 60x and 100x dry objective and looking into EPI-Fluorescent kits too.
 
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On request for an Update since my last dosage of Metro. Yes, I still very much have dinoflagellates as seen under the microscope but none visually just looking at the tank.

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Pulled from my favorite place my ATS. Found a new unknown and got to see an amoeba en-cyst itself. Very cool. I love watching the amoebas and have seen at least two different kinds. I have seen them split, engulf, digest, expel, etc but have not gotten to see one turn into a cyst stage.

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11Months_AfterMetro_Update_ATS-0002 by Jason, on Flickr
11Months_AfterMetro_Update_ATS-0003 by Jason, on Flickr
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11Months_AfterMetro_Update_ATS-0006 by Jason, on Flickr
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11Months_AfterMetro_Update_ATS-0009 by Jason, on Flickr
11Months_AfterMetro_Update_ATS-0012 by Jason, on Flickr
11Months_AfterMetro_Update_ATS-0013 by Jason, on Flickr
 
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I'm not entirely sure what this thing was. Amoeba like but moved quite differently and almost reminded me of a part of an aiptasia but didn't look the same as what I've seen before. Seemed to have some segmentation but maybe not.
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11Months_AfterMetro_Update_ATS-0027 by Jason, on Flickr
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11Months_AfterMetro_Update_ATS-0029 by Jason, on Flickr
11Months_AfterMetro_Update_ATS-0030 by Jason, on Flickr
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Here's one of the types of amoeba's I've seen several times in the past consume organisms and split. I got to see this one consume as it went at least once but then for the first time I found this one to create a cyst.
11Months_AfterMetro_Update_ATS-0047 by Jason, on Flickr
11Months_AfterMetro_Update_ATS-0048 by Jason, on Flickr
11Months_AfterMetro_Update_ATS-0049 by Jason, on Flickr

This is right before it turned into a cyst. It sort of "reached" up and came back down forming an orb. I'm not sure but it could be because it got hit by a nematode. Videos to come.
11Months_AfterMetro_Update_ATS-0050 by Jason, on Flickr
11Months_AfterMetro_Update_ATS-0051 by Jason, on Flickr
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Long but you get to see it consume something (just after the 8 minute mark it runs into a snack) and eventually create a cyst (After the 15 minute mark it starts its transformation. )


 
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Long but you get to see it consume something (just after the 8 minute mark it runs into a snack) and eventually create a cyst (After the 15 minute mark it starts its transformation. )


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That's so cool. Although not entirely sure what I'm looking at. A little over my head. And what about that crazy thing that snakes in and out?!?!
 
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Whoa!, something happen and this video now has over 10k views. lol

A certain recent comment caught my attention and I went to look and noticed the view count.

 
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