Post by homeworld on Dec 31, 2011 0:33:09 GMT -5
..i was considering experimenting with a Steri-pen which
uses UV light to kill bacteria in drinking water, but they
are waaaay underpowered to kill fungus...so..I dropped
that idea. [looked up the uv kill charts for the steripen..]
some of the fungi are essentially bulletproof at the uv intensity
level avail from the steripen, but then, it is primarily designed
to be ultraportable...small uv tube, minimal battery power...and
the primary target is bacteria, soft targets compared to the chitin armoured fungi.
..as for my microscopes..they are very modest.
for most of the close in shots, I am using the detachable
imager from a Celestron 44306 USB CAM..attaching it as the eyepiece of a $360 bench microscope. [home science tools dot com] MI-5000STD.
since mucking up the 400 and the 100x
oil immersion lenses, most of the observation/pics are done only
using the 4 and 10x turret lenses coupled to the 40x of the imager. [160x and 400x] most of the time. I have an extension
tube that I can tape under the imager to get the occasional bit
of optical tailwind to grab 480x mag..
The Home Sci. scope has seen almost daily use for 2.5 years.
It needs to be totally disassembled and cleaned, but that's not
going to happen until I have a backup for it...[actually, a replacement for this workhorse] then I can overhaul this one
without risking being without a scope if "something goes snap".
I highly recommend this bench scope, it's capable, rugged and
of far better quality than I expected. Comes with a mechanical
stage, very smooth gearing on stage and focus dials.
Bright, clear optics. Tungsten substage illumination
, went two years before I had t replace it. [scope came with a spare!]
...No, it wont compete with a Zeiss or an Olympus for "whistles
and bells"..but it didn't cost multi thousand dollars either.
***********
..have not yet found a sarcoptes mite..have looked..but only
found a few demodex. Have not seen any sarcoptes tracks
in the skin, so...no hoofprints..no zebra.
uses UV light to kill bacteria in drinking water, but they
are waaaay underpowered to kill fungus...so..I dropped
that idea. [looked up the uv kill charts for the steripen..]
some of the fungi are essentially bulletproof at the uv intensity
level avail from the steripen, but then, it is primarily designed
to be ultraportable...small uv tube, minimal battery power...and
the primary target is bacteria, soft targets compared to the chitin armoured fungi.
..as for my microscopes..they are very modest.
for most of the close in shots, I am using the detachable
imager from a Celestron 44306 USB CAM..attaching it as the eyepiece of a $360 bench microscope. [home science tools dot com] MI-5000STD.
since mucking up the 400 and the 100x
oil immersion lenses, most of the observation/pics are done only
using the 4 and 10x turret lenses coupled to the 40x of the imager. [160x and 400x] most of the time. I have an extension
tube that I can tape under the imager to get the occasional bit
of optical tailwind to grab 480x mag..
The Home Sci. scope has seen almost daily use for 2.5 years.
It needs to be totally disassembled and cleaned, but that's not
going to happen until I have a backup for it...[actually, a replacement for this workhorse] then I can overhaul this one
without risking being without a scope if "something goes snap".
I highly recommend this bench scope, it's capable, rugged and
of far better quality than I expected. Comes with a mechanical
stage, very smooth gearing on stage and focus dials.
Bright, clear optics. Tungsten substage illumination
, went two years before I had t replace it. [scope came with a spare!]
...No, it wont compete with a Zeiss or an Olympus for "whistles
and bells"..but it didn't cost multi thousand dollars either.
***********
..have not yet found a sarcoptes mite..have looked..but only
found a few demodex. Have not seen any sarcoptes tracks
in the skin, so...no hoofprints..no zebra.