ARCHIVE ISSUE: Micscape Magazine, exploring the miniature world

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Exploring the miniature world

Issue 156: October 2008.
Next update November 13th.

Image left: An attractive potential collecting spot in the Snowy Mts, Wyoming. Image by Richard Howey.

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Oct. 15th : The downloadable October Micscape is now online. Please 'Archives' section below.
Oct. 16th: link added to 'Nikon Small World 2008' competition winners.
Oct. 28th: link added to 'Images from Science 2' exhibition, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York.

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A key to the genera of rotifer Bdelloidea. Part 2 - Walter Dioni (Mexico) shares a 'Key for the 19 Genera' in the second of a three part series on the biology and identification of this class of rotifer. (The author has shared the original French version on the Microscopies website.)

A close-up view of the 'Peruvian lily' - Brian Johnston (Canada) illustrates the features of this attractive plant.

Exploring History – Glimpses into the Life of Amateur Microscopist Thomas Southwart - Brian Stevenson (USA) illustrates the value of online family history and census records to research the life of an amateur slide mounter.

The unicellular fallacy - Richard Howey (USA) shares an essay discussing aspects of current taxonomy.

The horseman of the apocalypse. A microscopic view. Part 2 - Manuel del Cerro and Marilu DeCoste (Canada) describe and illustrate some prepared slides of diseases that have devastated mankind.

Topical tip. Low power darkfield on a Zeiss stand - David Walker (UK) illustrates how the 'D' setting on a Zeiss phase condenser can give effective darkfield with low power 2.5x - 6x objectives.

A close-up view of a hybrid 'blanket flower' - Brian Johnston (Canada) illustrates the attractive features of this plant on the macro and microscopic scale.

Quick look. Using the Live View setting on a Fujifilm S5 Pro (or S3 Pro) DSLR for photomicroscopy - David Walker (UK) assesses the potential use of the 30 second live view feature on this now heavily discounted 'prosumer' DSLR.

The Micscape World*. Micscape readers sharing aspects of where they live. Further contributions welcomed.

Collecting in the Snowy Mountains - Richard Howey (USA) shares an essay on collecting freshwater samples in his local area of Wyoming, illustrated with images of the striking scenery.

* Title and series idea by Dan Holloway.

Next month's special feature: Rochester Institute of Technology, New York; articles by photomacrography course students. Micscape are again delighted to host articles by this year's course students; an article on each student's project forms part of their course assignment as kindly organised and offered by Michael Peres, the course director (and in past years by Ted Kinsman).

In Focus:
BBC News website feature: Planet's loneliest bug revealed - a new species of bacterium has been found living 1.7 miles down in a S. African gold mine. Apparently it 'relies on water, hydrogen and sulphate for its energy'.

'Nikon Small World' Competition 2008 - the winners of this year's competition have been announced and displayed on Nikon's website.

'Images from Science 2', Rochester Institute of Technology, New York. The exhibition of winning images is online, a descriptive illustrated catalogue is also available to purchase.

We are delighted to receive contributions small or large from microscopy enthusiasts whether a novice or expert. If you have an image, tip or article, why not share it, this magazine is what you make it! Have a chat with us , to see how we can help share your interests. Submission guidelines .

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External links. Below are some of our favourites, which includes sites with extensive links and/or resources for the optical microscopy enthusiast.

External Microscopy forums:
Places to discuss the hobby or to raise queries.

www.amateurmicrography.net forums, galleries, articles on macroscopy and photomicrography.

Newsgroups
sci.techniques.microscopy

Yahoo groups: a ' P' denotes current and archived messages are public i.e. not limited to members.
' Microscope ' P (>1500 members, very active)
' Microscopes '
'Microscopehobby' P (started Apr 2005)
'RealMicroscopy' P (started Sep 2005)
' Óptica Roma foro Microscopía' for Spanish speakers
' Wild M20 microscope '
' Nikon Coolpix photomicro and macrophoto '
' microcosmo ' ( for Italian speaking enthusiasts)
' CombineZ ' P stacking software forum created by the software's author

Mikroskopie-Treff.de (Extensive German microscopy forum; some English categories.)
Mikrobiologische Vereinigung München e. V. W ide range of articles and resources in German.
Le Naturaliste French based forum and image gallery for micro / macro but open to non French speaking international contributors.

Other sites
Beyond Magazine science, microscopy for youngsters
Clubs / Socs (Pro/Am) Mic-UK links page
Light Microscopy Forum links and articles
Little Imp Publications public domain books on CD, 'The Amateur Diatomist' paper magazine
Mikroskop Museum German website with resources on microscopes / makers .
Molecular Expressions awesome optical microscopy resources
Dennis Kunkel's SEM images stunning images
Leitz museum an illustrated resource compiled by Robert Allen
Microscopies online magazine and Forum for French speakers
Micrographia articles, projects for the enthusiast
Microscopy Today paper journal with online archive
Modern Microscopy online journal by McCrone Group
Fun Science Gallery projects, articles on optics
G. Couger's microscopy links extensive links
Society for Amateur Scientists resources and support
www.viewsfromscience.com projects e.g. chilled stage for crystal growth studies and LED fluorescence

Web rings
Lightscapes polarised light macroscopy/microscopy, both artistic and scientific.

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