You are really professional in doing these macro photography videos. I am starting up and learning a lot of vital info from you. It is certainly much more complicated than I first anticipated. Thanks for sharing!

Super helpful! Thanks for this and all your other macro videos - they’re really making a difference to the quality of my work after I’d plateaued for a year or so. Much appreciated.

@AllanWallsPhotography

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Robin. I appreciate the kind words and it give me an idea for a video - I think we all hit those plateaus and it often takes a few new ideas to reignite the passion. I wish you well in your macro adventures!

Thank you very much Sir for another great video!

Colleague : You are doing fine.sure and study. The bug said I didn't feel anything .

@AllanWallsPhotography

4 жыл бұрын

Haha... he was well anesthetized!

Thanks Allan!!

Nice presentation Allan. I picked up an AmScope just a few months ago. Great bang for the buck and I find myself using it almost daily.

@AllanWallsPhotography

4 жыл бұрын

Did you get the same 10-30x model? I have been using it constantly. I don't know how I was able to prep any subjects in the last three years, since I have been without one.

Stunning as usual.

@AllanWallsPhotography

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tony!

very nice video, thank you very much Allan, I'm just starting in this discipline and it was very helpful to me :)

Thanks for the video. I'm going to have to look into that microscope. Great as always

@AllanWallsPhotography

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Mark, I don't get blown away by products very often, but this microscope really took me by surprise. I was expecting a fancy magnifying glass, but this is the real thing. Worth every penny!

Excellent, you do very nice work sir.

@AllanWallsPhotography

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers, Woody!

Cool video

patience for being a macro man!

I realize this is not your fault in any way whatsoever but I ordered exactly the microscope you listed in your show notes and the ocular tubes face the wrong way. I finally got through to Amscope after trying previously to reach them to get help (8 phone calls and they never answer) today after receiving my microscope and they informed me that the model must have an R in the model number to have the same orientation as the one you have. As I'm in another country if I want to return and reorder I pay the shipping and most likely customs and duties again. As I said, nothing to do with you but I thought you'd want to know so you could update the microscope model in the show notes. Cheers!

Hello, Allan. I've spied some cool standing specimen holders in your videos, adjustable arms with small clips. Having a tricky time finding them online. Can you assist? You've probably made them yourself, but I thought I'd ask. Thanks for all your help. Looking forward to your new macro series when it is released. Cheers. R.W.

@beccabonk1

2 жыл бұрын

p.s. the ones that caught my eye were not clamp-on style holders with clips, rather, they stood on your table. Thanks again.

I know they're "only" insects but it's a shame they have to die in order to be captured so magnificently, is the destruction of such wonderful creatures and taking them from their habitat something you consider ? (I don't mean this to be preachy I'm just genuinely curious on your views about this)

@familiaht5718

3 жыл бұрын

if you want to be really kind to the earth and nature then we all better to just die.

Now I know why my red back spider exploded when I tried to pin him in the butt - deflated like a balloon. You're looking well Allan.

@AllanWallsPhotography

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Greg. Yep, you can't poke em in the abdomen, they just burst.

Sorry, I guess I should have seen the drop-down info for the Amscope microscope model. Thanks. I also found some very fine tweezers too.

@AllanWallsPhotography

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Don. I was going to add a link for the super-fine forceps I was using, but I have no idea where I got them from. They came in a set of 10, in all different styles, but all very fine. Glad you found them!

Great video again Alan. I am trying to find that scope on the manufactures website Witt success. Can you describe it a bit more? They have loads of models

@AllanWallsPhotography

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Andrew - they have a crazy number of models, you are right. Someone else asked me to get the model number, which is SE305R-P-LED, and when I looked it up, the price has dropped by $40 since I bought it! Here is the link to the model on their website... www.amscope.com/stereo-microscopes/cordless-led-two-lights-stereo-microscope-10x-30x.html

Another amazingly interesting video. You've mentioned in the past you are a retired medical Doctor. I've often wondered, do you find that having the hands of a surgeon help with the steadiness needed in working with small creatures?

@AllanWallsPhotography

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Darrell, I have no doubt that all my surgical experience helps - but it isn't in the way most people might think. Surgeons don't necessarily have steady hands, we just become expert at finding ways to stabilize our hands when we work. Things like resting the heal of your hand on a surface to manipulate a fine instrument. There is always a way to stabilize, even if it's just with your other hand. And it is no different in fiddling with tiny bugs - I keep my hand grounded on the stage of the microscope - it makes all the difference!

Hello Vlad! What model of a microscope did you buy? Amscope has quite a number of models and it would help to know the model number. It seems very clear and I am looking to buy a microscope soon. Please let me/us know what model. Thanks in advance. Also, where did you get those incredible tweezers? I've been thinking about getting something like the type you are using.

Hi Allan, another great video...thank you. I've always had an interest in macro photography, and covid restrictions have given me the chance to sit down and watch all your presentations. I particularly liked the one about using the microscope objective, but I had none of the equipment you showed, so I ordered several items on eBay...the objective, tubes, adapter etc. Each thing was sold by a different vendor, and with viral delays they have all had various delivery delays. It reminded me of those "build by the month" magazine series where you make a model of the Cutty Sark or something at one piece per issue. As each package arrived I'd be excited to find out which bit of the puzzle I had! The helicoid hasn't arrived yet, but as luck would have it, playing around with extension tube combinations I've achieved a distance between the focal plane of my Canon 5D Mk III and the end of the objective of exactly 61mm, so it just might work. Keep your videos coming...I just love them!

@AllanWallsPhotography

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Neil - I'm glad you have been inspired to explore high magnification! So much fun. Unless it was a typo, you will need to find another 100mm of extension for your setup. The sensor/objective distance needs to be as close to 160mm as possible (subtracting the flange focal distance, of course).

@NeilW210

4 жыл бұрын

@@AllanWallsPhotography yes, it was a typo....definitely measures 160mm.

Sir what are your views about using a low power biological trinocular microscope withe vertical tube for camera, probably with T mount?

@AllanWallsPhotography

2 жыл бұрын

Yes . That is what I use. During this video I was temporarily without the correct equipment. A whole series of microscope videos soon!

@draknagar

2 жыл бұрын

@@AllanWallsPhotography Thank you for a prompt reply through your busy schedule sir🙏

Dear Allan,i have bought stackshot macro rail.by now is everything ok,but i can not understand how will the camera focus if its turned on manual focus.and second what metering do You use when making macro photos.thanks in advance.

@AllanWallsPhotography

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Kristijan, The focusing of your camera is accomplished by the movement of the camera. You focus on the closest element of your subject and allow the rail to move your camera/lens forward in increments - as it moves the focal plane moves also, resulting in a stack of images with different planes of focus. Metering is not an issue, except when setting up your shot. You should not be using TTL, as you don't want the light intensity to differ from image to image. As you will be shooting in full manual, all you need to do is ensure that your exposure is adequate by taking a series of test shots, and then leave everything as it is for the sequence of photographs. The key is that everything is set manually!

@kristijanignjatovski4415

4 жыл бұрын

@@AllanWallsPhotography ty Allan for info, time, Attention and patience

I pinned them on/through the foam board, spreading the legs. Now I wanna photograph them and want to keep them on the pin to position it, but the pin is still through the foam board. I don't want to get them off the pin. How to....?? Trick?

@AllanWallsPhotography

4 жыл бұрын

I actually use the pin to hold the card and spider to photograph. It is gets in the way, just carefully snip it off with very sharp wire cutters, flush with the underside of the card. The pin really needs to stay for the shot - moving it will flatten the specimen and defeat the purpose.

@keeskraaijeveld4704

4 жыл бұрын

@@AllanWallsPhotography ok thx. I will try.

Hey Allan, any reason you didn't go with a trinocular microscope?

@AllanWallsPhotography

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Robbie. Money. They trinocular version, with a decent digital camera, was too expensive. I really regret not finding a way to get it - there have been a dozen instances when I've been working and thought, "this is something I need to record for a video". An upgrade is on my wishlist.

@teleking58

4 жыл бұрын

@@AllanWallsPhotography Yeah, I understand that. We all have financial concerns.For what it's worth, you can use any DSLR with some models, with the appropriate adapters, for stills and video.I have seen them on the Amscope site only about $100 more expensive than the model you got. That's what I've been thinking of getting.

Today I had a deja vu... :) You can't put spiders in alcohol to keep them a little while and after that clean them up. They break down and vanish.... :(

Great Video again Allan !!! Checked out Microscope 50% Discount ATM great deal pity they don’t ship to UK

@AllanWallsPhotography

4 жыл бұрын

They don't? That's a shame. It isn't a very heavy package, I'm surprised they don't ship overseas. No distributor in the UK either? Shoot me an email (contact@allanwallsphotography.com) if you want me to look into ordering one and mailing it to you.

@keeskraaijeveld4704

4 жыл бұрын

@Cowboy Joe im form The Netherlands. I've to pay 50 pounds delivery ordering it in UK... :(