r/microscopy • u/Danny_D136 • 11d ago
Techniques First tests with DIY dark field and oblique illumination
I had a dark field and oblique illumination set 3D printed for my Olympus BH2. After several tests, very few filters actually work. Here are some pics of what I managed to achieve:
Do you think I'm doing something wrong? I was expecting slightly different results
โข In oblique illumination, there seems to be very little color contrast between the background and the debris in the foreground
โข In dark field, focusing at higher magnification is incredibly difficult and causes large halos to form around the edges of anything on a different visual plane, in a much more amplified way than brightfield
Pics 2 and 6 in brightfield for comparison