I'm still at it. This time its human blood. http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/hold/micro
I'm still checking exposures and illumination. Things are not quite right yet -- but the pictures are presentable for anyone interested. If you want to know what a particular cell is drop me an email. But there are erythrocytes of course (red blood cells or RBCs), polymorphonuclear leucocytes (or neutrophiles), lymphocytes, eosinophiles, platelets, one giant platelet and several clusters and one vacuolated neutrophile. Some of the RBCs show echinocytosis (little spikes or bumps that give them a lumpy, or crenated, appearance) this could be pathological -- but in fact is an artifact caused by too slow drying of the smear! The ME Super has been giving trouble again. The speed ring seems not to be making good contact. Once in a while the shutter goes off at 1/125 when it ought to have been a couple of seconds. I've started testing the P30. It seems as easy to focus as the MES but only goes down to 1s against the other camera's 4 seconds. Its a nuisance. By the way the MX doesn't have those slow speeds either so might not be so useful. An LX would be the perfect solution. Don _______________ Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: March 30, 2002
