{"id":968,"date":"2012-04-24T17:04:22","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T17:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/?p=968"},"modified":"2012-04-25T17:43:21","modified_gmt":"2012-04-25T17:43:21","slug":"the-first-photos-through-the-leica-s8apo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tachinidae.org.uk\/blog\/the-first-photos-through-the-leica-s8apo\/","title":{"rendered":"The first photos through the Leica S8APO"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has taken a while to get the camera hooked up to the microscope because it is quite a complicated process, involving lots of adapters and converters – not to mention getting the optics and the extension tubes correctly arranged. The first shots really weren’t worth looking at but today I started to capture images that are getting a bit better – still not the quality I hope to achieve, but getting there.<\/p>\n

Although the microscope is rated at 80x the actual magnification through the microscope tube is related to the size of the sensor and this works out at about 10x – 15x but this is still very good and a perfect range for what I want to do. The lighting in these photos is very rough and contrasty because I haven’t experimented with flash diffusers yet but it gives you an idea of what is possible.<\/p>\n

This is a butterfly wing (Eunica coelina<\/em>):<\/p>\n

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This is a lateral view of Dinera grisecens<\/em>, showing a bit of the katepisternum; a nice row of hypopleural bristles; the hind spiracle with hairy flap; haltere and abdominal tergite 1+2:<\/p>\n

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Contrast that with the spiracle of Exorista rustica, which has a “classic” single-flap arrangement:<\/p>\n

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Exorista rustica spiracle - showing the single flap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… and the next 2 show classic polideine spiracles, with 2 equally-sized flaps:<\/p>\n

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Lypha dubia spiracle - showing the 2 equally sized flaps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lydina aenea spiracle - showing the equally sized flaps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I hope to make a few more photos over the coming days, once I have worked out the problem with parfocality – the camera should be in focus at the same point as the main microscope eyepieces but at the moment it isn’t … a bit more experimentation needed! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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