Glossary of terms

Optics Primer

Microscopic Techniques / Images&Videos

• Brightfield
• Darkfield
• Polarization
• Rheinberg
• Darkfield Reflected Rheinberg Disco Lights Illumination
• 3D Reconstruction
• Phase contrast
• Epi-Fluorescence
• Differential interference contrast
• Hoffman modulation contrast
• Interference
• Comparisons
• Photographic Paper
• Microscope Diffusing Filter
• CMOS Camera Sensor
• Potassium Ferricyanide Crystals
• Sodium Chloride Crystals
• Diatoms
• Cervical Tissue
• Crane Fly Wing Tip
• Epithelial Cells
• Pinworm Eggs
• Diaphot with 1.25 condenser
• Image Post-Processing
• Image Processing
• Stitching
• Image Stacking
• Stereo Images

"Extreme-Macro Photography"

• Camera-based Microscopy
• Photomacrography.net FAQ
• extreme-macro.co.uk

• Diaphot
• Epiphot
• Labophot
• Optiphot
• Stereo Zoom
• Model S
• Eclipse

• Lamps
• Mercury Lamps
• Epi-illuminators
• Filters
• Condensers
• Specimen stages
• Immersion media
• Objectives
• Objective turrets
• Observation heads
• Eyepieces (oculars)
• Cameras

Microscope Assembly

• Diaphot
• Labophot
• Optiphot 2
• Eclipse E200

Manuals and Brochures

• Brochures
• Operation Manuals
• Miscellaneous
• Service Manuals
• Software

Technical Documents

Links

Microscope Manufacturers

• Nikon : Microscopy U
• Nikon Industrial Metrology
• Olympus : Microscopy Resource Center
• Olympus Industrial Microscopes
• Zeiss : Education in Microscopy
• Leica Microsystems : Science Lab

Vendors

• Rheinberg filters
• ReplacementLightBulbs.com
• Cargille Labs Immersion Media
• Pocket 3Dvu 3D Viewer
• Microscope.com
• Edmund Optics
• Thorlabs

General Interest

• Photomacrography.net
• Microscopy-UK - Micscape Magazine
• Berkeley Course: Techniques in Light Microscopy
• Rheinberg dual illumination
• Charles Krebs : Microphotographer
• Klaus Kemp : Micromanipulator
• Bug Guide at Iowa State University

Software

• Zerene Stacker
• Image Stacker
• Microsoft Image Composition Editor (ICE)
• StereoPhoto Maker
• Matlab (language)
• Adobe Photoshop
• Zemax OpticStudio
• ToupView USB Camera (manual).
• StereoPhoto Maker

Microscopy Articles

• Darkfield Reflected Rheinberg Microscopy

Matlab Functions

• Fresnel equations
• Disco Lights Ilummination to 3D
• Image integration

Other Interests

• Photography
• Holography
• Astronomical instrumentation
• The Structure Function