Comments on: Photographing Chromosomes http://www.annmariejones.me.uk/education/photographing-chromosomes-456 Photographer and Nature Lover ... Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:30:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: antamuk http://www.annmariejones.me.uk/education/photographing-chromosomes-456/comment-page-1#comment-65 antamuk Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:56:40 +0000 http://www.annmariejones.me.uk/photography/photographing-chromosomes-456#comment-65 Hi Shannon, Yes its lots of fun and unlike astrophotography, I don't have to wait for the clouds to clear! You don't need to spend a fortune either; my microscope is made by Brunel Microscopes, its a Wedmore SP14. You'll find its details at the bottom of the following page: http://www.brunelmicroscopes.co.uk/student-microscope.html Brunel also sell 2nd hand scopes; if you're not in the UK, I expect there'll be a similar manufacturer in your part of the world too. As for starting off help, Brunel sponsor the Microscopy UK group. Their web site contains lots of useful info, just follow the link below: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/index.html You'll need to think about what camera to use, there are adapters available for both DSLRs & compact digital cameras, so you should be able to get going with whatever you already have. Finally you can either purchase pre-mounted specimen slides or make your own - I do a bit of both. I hope this helps, have fun. AnnMarie Hi Shannon,

Yes its lots of fun and unlike astrophotography, I don’t have to wait for the clouds to clear! You don’t need to spend a fortune either; my microscope is made by Brunel Microscopes, its a Wedmore SP14. You’ll find its details at the bottom of the following page: http://www.brunelmicroscopes.co.uk/student-microscope.html

Brunel also sell 2nd hand scopes; if you’re not in the UK, I expect there’ll be a similar manufacturer in your part of the world too. As for starting off help, Brunel sponsor the Microscopy UK group. Their web site contains lots of useful info, just follow the link below:
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/index.html

You’ll need to think about what camera to use, there are adapters available for both DSLRs & compact digital cameras, so you should be able to get going with whatever you already have.

Finally you can either purchase pre-mounted specimen slides or make your own – I do a bit of both.

I hope this helps, have fun.
AnnMarie

]]> By: Shannon Scott http://www.annmariejones.me.uk/education/photographing-chromosomes-456/comment-page-1#comment-64 Shannon Scott Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:35:39 +0000 http://www.annmariejones.me.uk/photography/photographing-chromosomes-456#comment-64 Wow, that looks like a lot of fun. I've thought about getting into home photo-microscopy, but don't know where to start (at least without spending loads of money). Could you suggest a microscope (I can't identify the make/model of the scope you're using)? Are there any resources (websites or books) that you found useful when starting out? Thanks, Shannon. Wow, that looks like a lot of fun. I’ve thought about getting into home photo-microscopy, but don’t know where to start (at least without spending loads of money). Could you suggest a microscope (I can’t identify the make/model of the scope you’re using)? Are there any resources (websites or books) that you found useful when starting out?

Thanks,

Shannon.

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