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These pictures make very clear what is possible with differen configurations.
Thanks for posting, very educative.

Apochronaut, thank you for taking the time to write such a thorough reply. As suggested, I will probably source eypieces with a higher eye relief and will stick to my current setup without changes until I learn enough to start thinking on the next step. I will start by researching the terminology yo...

I am interested in observing yeast and bacteria and making up their shape. I got an AmScope T390B with the cheaper phase contrast kit (no turret). The objectives in the PCS kit are described as planar, the 100x has a NA of 1.25. When looking at samples, I find myself just using the 100x phase constr...

Thanks for sharing your knowlege. I did some research in beer forums and found a couple of photos of organisms very similar to this one. Those organisms were suspected to be brettanomices. Thanks for pointing out where the bacteria is, I need to sharpen my eye. (once I spent like 5 minutes looking a...

Hi, Apologies for the photo quality. This bugs were taken from a wild fermented beer @1000x (oil has not arrived yet!) There are some oval shaped cells floating around which I presume are brettanomices and the group on top which I also presume is brettanomices given the size of the cells. I am not s...

Hi, I have an AmScope microscope with a photo port you can slide a 23mm eye piece in. I want to understand whether/how I can re-use a small camera I have. The camera has a C mount and and lens. Should the setup be [port]->[eyepiece]->[camera lens]->[camera] or do I have one extra piece of optics her...

Hi everybody, I've just gifted myself a microscope and I am looking forward to learn from the community. I am a homebrewer interested in isolating and separating yest, but have no experience in microbiology and/or microscopes. I used the kit for the first time yesterday and I was quite blown away ha...