This is a test page and sampler of micro-organism specimen movies made
using Quicktime Pro 7 as codec/compression software.

Instruments :   Canon S3 IS still camera operating in movie-mode.  Meiji microscope and optics.
Movies are in Quicktime .MP4 protocol.  A free and up to date Quicktime Player will play these movies.
See bottom of page for Quicktime download details.

Note :  Safari browser users  :  There is a bug in Safari that causes these movies to only appear as text.  
But you can download these movies by right clicking (or control + clicking) the links and selecting  "Download linked file".
Then they should play in your Mac's quicktime player.

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Specimens

Astasia in metaboly    1000x  brightfield       plan   100/1.25  oil
( I'm pretty sure this is Astasia)
Metaboly22sec_Ashcraft.MP4    22 seconds      1.7 Mb
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Paramecium navigating the slide    100x Phase contrast
Paramecium_phase2051.MP4       27 seconds       2.3 Mb
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ARCELLA AMOEBA

Arcella "test pattern"  ( A "test" is an amoeba's shell.)
Arcella_testpattern_Ashcraft.MP4       25 seconds    2.1 Mb

Arcella Amoeba  1000x Brightfield    plan   100/1.25 oil
In motion, underside, pseudopodia           25 seconds       2.1 Mb

Arcella Amoeba   1000x brightfield       plan    100/1.25  oil
Arcella turns on its side      48 seconds    3.9 Mb

Arcella Amoeba 1000x brightfield        plan    100/1.25 oil
Amoeba in motion, with Chaetonotus metazoan passby        23 seconds   1.9 Mb
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Paramecium spins   200x  Phase contrast
Paramecium_spins_Ashcraft.mp4         15 seconds    1.2 Mb:
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Amoeba   ( not identified as yet )   1000x brightfield      plan   100/1.25   oil
Amoeba_unidentified_Ash.MP4                   13 seconds    1.1 Mb
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Urocentrum turbo      100x     Darkfield
Urocentrum_DF_Ashcraft.MP4      11 seconds     971 Kb
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Epistylis emerges       1000x brightfield    plan   100/1.25     oil
Epistylis_emerging_Ashcraft.MP4  1 minute 14 seconds     5.9 Mb
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I made another movie test page using DivX software but I think that Quicktime as codec is superior.
http://www.heliotown.com/Canon_S3_IS___Sampler.html


FREE Quicktime download for Windows computers available at
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/win.html

FREE Quicktime download for Mac computers available at
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mac.html
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Comments, identifications and criticism welcome.

Thomas Ashcraft
New Mexico



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