The following specimen movies were made with a Canon S3 IS still camera operating in movie-mode.
Meiji microscope and optics.
Movies are in DivX protocol ( see bottom of page for free DivX player acquisition )


Micro-Organisms

Chaetonotus  spp.     :   Full body scan and focus through, head to feet       1000x plan/1.25  oil
Chaetonotus_Scan_Ashcraft.divx     4.5 MB     32 seconds
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Spirostomums conjugating   200x    Phase contrast 
Spirostomumsplit9secPH.divx         1 Mb   9 seconds
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Paramecium rolling along      200x    Phase contrast
ParameciumPHrolling.divx   1.8 Mb     15 seconds
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Rotifer Corona ( side detail) 1000x   plan/1.25 oil 
RotiferCorona1_Ashcraft.divx              2 Mb             12 seconds
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Epistylis         Opening and contracting    1000x   plan/1.25 oil
Epistylis_Ashcraft.divx        7Mb       1 minute three seconds     ( large file )
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Urocentrum turbo   400x        brightfield
Urocentrum_400x_Ashcraft.divx      3.1 MB      17 seconds
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Amoeba ( unidentified)    1000x   plan/1.25 oil
Amoeba2_Ashcraft.divx       3 Mb  21 seconds
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Rotifer chewing      1000x           plan/1.25  oil
Rotifer_Chewing_Ashcraft.divx   4 MB   22 seconds
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I am now using Quicktime Pro 7 as codec which makes equal quality movies, smaller file sizes, and without the
aggressive advertising of DivX.  
See:        http://www.heliotown.com/Micromovies_Quicktime7.1_sampler


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Comments and constructive critique very welcome!
I am going to create a vast archive of microbe movie specimens and want them to be as useful as possible.
Stern critique invited.

Thomas Ashcraft