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I’m a big fan of using equipment in ways it wouldn’t have been used to solve a problem, and today’s post is an example of that.

Today’s post shows a tooth of a sawfish imaged using an interesting microscope objective – a Zeiss Plan 1.6-5x zoom objective.

Today’s post is a look at something I had not considered before acquiring a new microscope objective – a Zeiss Plan Neofluar 63x, NA 1.2, water immersion, coverslip thickness correction adjustment.

A few weeks ago I received a 41mm f2.5 UFAR lens which was developed for the Soviet Mars programme (you can see my initial work on it here).

For those of you that don’t follow my work, I like to use historic optics on my microscope and see what they can do.

Every now and then I’m lucky enough to get an unusual piece of imaging history.

Today’s post is one about the dangers of making assumptions in science…..

What feels like a long time ago, all the way back in 2020, when I first started my microscope journey, I made myself a condenser using UV fused silica instead of glass.

This post is a bit of a double whammy.

After the amazing Artemis II mission, it got me wondering, could I get some moon rock to look at under the microscope?

A vital part of my microscopy work is how best to store my slides to keep them protected and clean for the long term.

Always nice to get an award for my imaging work, especially from such a distinguished organization as the Quekett Microscopical Club.

Always fun to report a new article.