Doubt Santa will bring me a $25,000 microscope plus attachments, certainly not with the current economic situation. :-( Would come in handy this week, however.
Doubt Santa will bring me a $25,000 microscope plus attachments, certainly not with the current economic situation. :-( Would come in handy this week, however.
In the early 90's I worked for a company that built some of these confocal machines w/laser+microscope+computer etc., but the price wasn't $25,000, it was more like $250,000-$350,000. I wasn't into photography then, but the lasers sure were fun to play with ;)
(eta: more accurately, they were interactive laser cytometers I believe.)
They are beautiful, but they might as well be using the Hubble telescope. Does it matter that much if there is a Nikon, Canon, or Barbie camera attached to the end of it? The microscope does most of the heavy lifting.
They are beautiful, but they might as well be using the Hubble telescope. Does it matter that much if there is a Nikon, Canon, or Barbie camera attached to the end of it? The microscope does most of the heavy lifting.
Look at 2nd place... shot using a lowly Nikon 995 and an SMZ10, which is a relatively low-cost stereo microscope!
They are beautiful, but they might as well be using the Hubble telescope. Does it matter that much if there is a Nikon, Canon, or Barbie camera attached to the end of it? The microscope does most of the heavy lifting.
Look at 2nd place... shot using a lowly Nikon 995 and an SMZ10, which is a relatively low-cost stereo microscope!
I looked that up and it's $2,500 for the microscope. I guess that passes for cheap in the microscope field.
They are beautiful, but they might as well be using the Hubble telescope. Does it matter that much if there is a Nikon, Canon, or Barbie camera attached to the end of it? The microscope does most of the heavy lifting.
Look at 2nd place... shot using a lowly Nikon 995 and an SMZ10, which is a relatively low-cost stereo microscope!
Ah, I didn't realize Nikon also made the microscope. I guess that is worth bragging about.
I am endlessly fascinated by the wonder and order of creation. These shot's look are looking at impossibly small things, but still they are perfectly formed, whole worlds within worlds . .
