Scattered Thoughts . . .

When Lukey and I were using the microscope a week or so ago, I noticed a few nagging problems that needed to be resolved before I attempted another microscopy session and especially a session that included photography and/or videography.  I spent the past week or so trying to resolve these problems and thought it would be best to document it all here. My first problem was that what I was seeing on my camera (and on the 32" monitor connected to my camera) was not nearly as crisp as what I was seeing visually in the binocular eyepieces.  This was really frustrating.  I had been using my Sony a6000 camera in a prime focus configuration.  Prime focus imaging involves no additional lenses including eyepieces.  This type of imaging works very well in astronomy but I was not liking what I was getting in microscopy.  The images and video were very soft, sort of mushy, un-crisp.  They looked really terrible on the 32 inch monitor. The next problem was figuring out what I actually needed to

T his is just a short blog entry to say that Sheila and I received our COVID Booster shots again today.  This will allow us to stay as protected as possible through the summer.  I suspect we'll be getting boosters again sometime around the holidays. Sheila and I are still laying low, staying home, and being as safe as possible.  Once a week we venture out to do our grocery shopping and we always wear a mask whenever we are in public.  This won't change at all regardless of being current on our vaccines.  This virus is deadly serious and nobody yet knows how the human body will handle the long term effects of this virus.  I know that my Epstein-Barr virus has been brutal on my body.  This current virus is still an unknown but significantly more deadly than even the Epstein-Barr virus so, if this virus is anything like all other viruses, there will likely be a painful and likely lifelong health penalty to pay if you get infected. This being said, Sheila and I have already had thi