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This photo was taken using a Nikon CoolPix 950 camera held over the eyepiece of a 200 year old Martin style drum microscope using reflected sunlight for illumination of the specimen. g2b2

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Nice picture, I see that technology with a difference of 200 years in age can work quite well together.

I really appreciate the wonders that microscopes do today. Imagine, without it, we cannot see the minute structures that our naked eyes cannot see. The image shown earlier using the microscope is such a watershed figure to microscopy.

Wow 'g2b2'...it appears that bug has a full 'blood-meal' in it's gut. So we are observing some persons blood from..1800's you say?!! Great to world-wide web share microscopy in this forum, thank you for the image, thanks for the details you gave of your:camera/microscope setup, 'g2b2'.

Please share with us how you came to posses this 'permanent-fixed specimen', especially tell us why date it as:'200 years old'? The entire concept of we microscopists shareing a great preserved specimen, shareing it in this forum, IS TERRIFIC! Sort of like an informal 'microscopy bookclub'! Thanks 'g2b2', hello all in this group.

My 'microscope adapter' has arrived in post from Oregon,US (Mark Simmons sells these). Now I'm setting up my microscope bench 'again'...to use this for forum posts. I just put a few starter images in the:'Macro-section' here. charlie guevara, NJ,US

Thanks Charlie,
I'll try to get a few photos of the microscope and the accessories that came with it.
g2b2

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Wonderful slide, but you have eagerlly wanting to know why your stateing that specimen is:'200yrs old'?

I have prepared slides of plant materials I produced in 1974 for a college microtechnique course. These I can share in this forum. But please do not keep us waiting! How do you know this specimen of bedbug is twohundred years old?!! charlie guevara NJ,US

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Oh, the suspense ...You will have to wait until I have everything ready.

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