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  • July 2, 2015 at 5:21 pm #34703
    Chris Yeates

      jimmymac2 wrote:

      . . . . which would you say is better, a DigiCam or an SLR connector? The DigiCam costs more so we are wondering whether it is worth buying that instead of an SLR connector.


      Check out what Mike says here: http://www.fungi.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=221

      What SLR do you have? (without live view it can be a hassle, and camera shake can be a problem – every movement is of course magnified!). If you are getting some sort of digicam make sure you get as high an MP rating as you can – while often a bit of a con with SLRs in this instance a higher MP value is critical. Also check out the sensor size – see http://www.gizmag.com/camera-sensor-size-guide/26684/” class=”bbcode_url”>http://www.gizmag.com/camera-sensor-size-guide/26684/ note the difference between a full-frame DSLR and what – I think – tends to be the standard for down-the camera-tube-of-a-‘scope cameras, the two lighter blue rectangles in that graphic.

      Do wait for advice from Mike (EDIT**) as he has more experience of Digicams than me Good he’s already here. I wouldn’t use anything under 9MP, but I appreciate money can be a limiting factor. I would point you at microscope images on websites that I think suffer from poor resolution, but that wouldn’t be fair on the mycologists involved (none on this forum I hasten to add!).

      Chris

      Edit* If it is a trinocular (and I share Mike’s doubts re that) try and swing a deal to replace the x4 objective with a x60 – it may cost a little more but much much much more useful!!! EDIT** By Lancashire Lad – See my previous post, which crossed with this one of Chris’s, at bottom of previous page.

      July 2, 2015 at 7:37 pm #34704
      jimmymac2

        Thanks very much!

        We spoke to Brunel directly and it is a trinocular which is brand new and hasn’t been put on the website yet. We have a Nikon SLR but I’m still considering whether to use that or the digicam. I think I’m going to follow your advice and get used to the microscope before moving on to photography.

        July 22, 2015 at 2:40 pm #34705
        jimmymac2

          I got the microscope! (“Finally!” You are probably thinking 🙄)

          It’s the SP40, which is so new that Brunel hasn’t even put it on the website yet! 4x – 100x oil and trinocular. LED not halogen.

          We just tried out a slide – Gourd polen – and it looks great!

          We went to see the MD of Brunel personally on our way to Wales and he was very helpful, we talked with him for 2 hours. We also gained lots of freebies: slides; coverslips; extra immersion oil; pipettes; prepared slides and those calibrating slide thingies. :D

          July 22, 2015 at 4:37 pm #34706
          adampembs
          Keymaster

            Where’s the cake emote? Congrats! Now for the expensive part… the literature :D

            July 22, 2015 at 5:37 pm #34707
            jimmymac2

              What sort of literature… :?

              July 22, 2015 at 7:00 pm #34708
              Flaxton

                Six volumes of Fungi of Switzerland at c£100 each, Funga Nordica £90 when in print Mycena D’Europe £120 ……….

                July 22, 2015 at 11:43 pm #34709
                adampembs
                Keymaster

                  Funga Nordica (FN)is the “standard work” for Agarics (cap & stem fungi) Unfortunately, it is out of print and the new edition not out until 2017.

                  For non-agaric members of the basiomycota, Fungi of Switzerland volume 2 is the perfect companion, as it covers a whole swathe of basidios not in FN.

                  The first edition of FN had a disk with pdfs, so if you know anyone locally with a 1st edition, they could send you what you need.

                  July 23, 2015 at 7:20 am #34710
                  jimmymac2

                    Wow, that is a lot of money!

                    The good old fashioned Collins guide won’t do then? ;)

                    July 27, 2015 at 8:07 am #34711
                    adampembs
                    Keymaster

                      The subsequent replies to this have been moved to the Ascomycetes forum (under Trochila ilicina)

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