Microscopy

I collect samples from everywhere, but most them come from this pond 30 feet from my backyard.

Backyard pond

Main Microscopes

Olympus BX51

This is my main transmitted light microscope. It can do standard brightfield (BF), darkfield (DF), polarized, oblique, and DIC illumination. I use a mix of apo and fluorite objectives.

Olympus BX51 microscope

Olympus BH2 BHS

This is my main reflected light setup. It can do epi DIC and fluorescence. It also accepts most of my old Nikon, Zeiss, and Leica objectives.

Olympus BH2 BHS microscope

Repaired Microscopes

Wild Heerbrugg M12

Wild Heerbrugg M5

Olympus BH2 BHTU

Olympus Tokyo

Zeiss Standard 12

Zeiss Photomicroscope II