REFLECTED LIGHT

     DARKFIELD REFLECTED LIGHT is a technique that is usually in addition to Brightfield Reflected Light which makes the specimen appear bright against a black background.  This is accomplished similarly to Darkfield Transmitted Light in that a darkfield stop is placed in the light path.  This darkfield stop can usually be inserted or removed as needed to easily switch between Brightfield and Darkfield.  The stop restricts the light from being reflected down through the magnifying lenses of the objective.  Instead, the light travels in a ring around the outside of a specially designed darkfield objective and is reflected toward the specimen at an oblique angle. The light scattered by the specimen travels up through the central magnifying lenses of the objective and eventually to the eye.  In reflected light, darkfield will show the true color of the specimen better than brightfield.  An alternate method of achieving a Reflected Light Darkfield effect is to affix a small fiberoptic ring light to an ordinary objective, provided the objective has a long enough working distance.  This is a relatively inexpensive way to add some reflected light capability to a transmitted light microscope.

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Brightfield Reflected Light

Nikon Eclipse ME600L Trinocular Brightfield / Darkfield Reflected Light and Brightfield Transmitted Light Compound Microscope.
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