Old School Scope

Sitting in my office today and looking for something to shoot/blip, I remembered that I saved a bunch of antique (1920's/30's) microscopes from certain (recycling) death when we switched buildings. I took them mainly for the beautiful dovetail, wood boxes they live in, as the microscopes themselves are virtually non-functional.

I broke out a few and took several sets of pics from different angles. One is a "field" scope and is very simple, the other a "compound" microscope. Both are interesting in their own right, and more importantly both have brass fittings and adjustments on a black body. A very striking contrast.

I couldn't decide which I liked best, and my Facebook post resulted in a tie. I've "blipped" the compound scope only because it has greater detail, and I think the lighting I used (single off camera flash and diffuse window light) worked better for this particular microscope.

Hope this image allows you to appreciate the artistic beauty of these scientific tools.