Darkfield Test Movies of Bdelloid Rotifers

( using DivX movie compression and encoding )

Meiji microscope    darkfield setting
Logitech Quickcam 4000 camera



Feeding, generating currents

Rotifer_flow400xDF.divx            21 seconds    1.4 Mb

  Rotifer_feeding200xDF.divx       37 seconds   2.9 MB


Contracting Rotifer   ( preparing for cryptobiosis perhaps? )
20x objective switch to 40x objective midway through file

Rotifer_contracting28sec.divx            28 seconds       1.8 Mb


Rotifer "looping"

Rotifer_loopingstep.divx    4 seconds     170 Kb


Defecating

Rotifer_defecating.divx         21 seconds   1.5 Mb

Rotifer ( agility )

Rotifers_Darkfield.mov      26 seconds     1.5 Mb  ( Note:   quicktime movie )


Thomas Ashcraft

Advice and stern critique welcome! My goal is to document microscopic life in highest quality attainable
and I hope to fill a specimen niche on the internet. What would be a good camera for darkfield microscopic movie making,
specifically for short one minute movies? Any references welcome.   Thank you.