The Museum maintains specimen-imaging and microscopy facilities to support research activities.
Microscopy equipment includes a Wild M5 scope with camera lucida, American Optics dissection scopes, a Zeiss Discovery v12 with a motorized z-stepper and 13-megapixel camera for image stacking, a Zeiss Discovery v8 for standard use, a Leica dissecting scope, a Leica compound microscope, a Leica M165C fitted with an HD camera for live morphometric analysis, and a Leica M80 fitted with camera lucida for illustration. In addition, a Nikon Eclipse E400 POL equipped with a DS-Fi3 camera is available for examining and photographing thin sections.
The Museum has two dedicated imaging systems: one for 2D imaging and one for 3D photogrammetry. These Cognisys StackShot systems use either a Canon 5D 21 megapixel or a Canon 5DS 50-megapixel digital SLR with 50 mm, 100 mm, and MP-E 65 mm lenses and an additional 10x Nikon microscope objective with adapter used for deep-field imaging of specimens using stacking software.
