Re: [vernalpool] Microscope for laptop

I second the camera idea for a quick-and-dirty presentation.

Here's some video taken in the field with a macro lens on my DSLR camera.
The critters were in a Petri dish.

http://smu.gs/yyUsF8

BTW, I'm on the West Coast, a docent at Midpeninsula Regional Open Space
District (SF Bay area).

Jack.

On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 9:52 AM, SOPHIE ZYLA <sophiezyla@snet.net> wrote:

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> Hi Jim,
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> I had considered looking into a microscope / digital camera set up for
> high quality images that could than be added to a presentation file or
> included into a paper. That would eliminate having to bring a microscope to
> the presentation. Although the microscope would be a big hit with the
> audience after the presentation.
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> Looking forward to other thoughts.
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> Sophie Zyla
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> --- On Sat, 1/21/12, blassrd <dangelo.jim@gmail.com> wrote:
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> From: blassrd <dangelo.jim@gmail.com>
> Subject: [vernalpool] Microscope for laptop
> To: vernalpool@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Saturday, January 21, 2012, 12:15 PM
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> I would like to be able to show the smaller organisms living in the vernal
> pools during program using a laptop connected to a microscope or other
> device. Has anyone done this and does anyone have a recommendation on a
> microscope or other tool that would accomplish this? Some of the creatures
> I would like to be able to show off better are: green planaria, ostracods,
> water mites and others of similar size that can be difficult for people to
> see.
>
> Jim D'Angelo
> Sterling Nature Center
> Sterling, NY
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