Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the reply. But please tell me what kind of chrystals you are referring to. I do not recognize the name. Do you grow them or acquire them? I am really interested. MB - ---------- > From: George Huczek <ghuczek@eagle.wbm.ca> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: Leica-Users List Digest V1 #409 > Date: Monday, March 17, 1997 5:22 PM > > From: "marcober" <marcober@gate.net> > Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 18:50:04 -0500 > Subject: Re: Leica microscopes > > I am interested in what you plan to use the scope for. Please let me know > something about these chrystals and what you do with them. Is it scientific > pursuits or art? > Please reply > MB > > I am interested in photographing them for artistic effects, more than for > scientific purposes. > They make excellent subject matter for abstracts. > A wide variety of crystals can be used. In a polarized beam they redirect > the light in different directions, due to changes in the speed the light > travels at different angles of crystal orientation. This gives the dazzling > display of colors when viewed through a second polarizer, oriented at right > angles to the first. > > -GH