General Info

MicrobeHunter.com is a blog website for current (and to be) amateur microscopists, teachers, students and anyone else who is fascinated by the miniature world. Microscopy is an interesting and fun educational experience, and a great hobby and pastime as well. With this website I would like to pass on this enthusiasm and encourage the use of microscopes in biology class and at home. This website contains articles on a range of different microscopy-related topics. Some of them are more theoretical in nature, others more practical. I hope that there is something in it for everybody.

The site covers, among other things, the following topics:

• Theoretical information on optics and microscope operation.
• Simple laboratory preparations that can be done in a classroom and at home.
• Some advice on buying microscopes.

About myself

I don’t know if I should consider myself an amateur or a professional microscopy user. I’m both, actually. During my Microbiology university study, microscopes were, naturally, an everyday tool. As a biology teacher, I consider microscopes an essential ingredient of a Biology course. In that sense I use these devices professionally. At the same time, however, I like to explore the miniature world, for the love of it, and I found a way to combine the hobby of photography with microscopy and Web design. I’ve created this Web site to motivate others to pick up this fascinating hobby.

About my microscope

Back in 1998 I bought an Olympus CH40 microscope with achromatic bright-field objectives (4x, 10x, 20x, 40x, 100x oil) and a trinocular head to do some photography. I use a digital single lens reflex camera (SLR) for my photography work. I’m very happy with the whole system.