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You are right about the white spots. When I cover the eyepiece, it goes away.

Rotating the camera, also rotates the dust, so it's not on the sensor.

Hello justcurious. There was a posting earlier in December asking about good adult books about microscopy. Here are two recommendations from then that are quite good as well as the UK web site. Have your kids had a chance to observe with the new scope yet? :) Fascinating hobby! Try - "EXPLORING WIT...

We bought a Amscope B120B on Amazon and it arrived already put together. I'm not sure if it was a return. I was seeing a lot of debris or something that is present at all magnification levels. After cleaning the eyepiece, objectives, light source and camera lenses, it looks a lot better except the t...

What kind of cell is this? It's in my smoothie (mixed greens, cherries, pineapple, raspberry). I just need a name of something to google.

Tonight I'm looking at my smoothie (mixed greens, pineapple, cherry, and raspberry). What is this squiggly, spring like thing? I would guess that it has something to do with the pineapple, since pineapple is so fibrous, but there are very few of these in the slide. Also, I didn't find anything remot...

Thank you! I have a lot to learn.

I just got a optical microscope for the kids and I. Naturally, the first thing I wanted to see was my own blood. I can identify the red and white blood cells, but there are some things floating around that I just can't identify. I'm hoping you guys can help. First Image: A: Red blood cell B: White b...