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I'll try today to lower the condenser and see how the 100x oil objective works in such a "dry fashion". Anyway, maybe I must learn to use oil as a natural microscopy technique. Maybe buying a 60x objective can be an alternative and to forget all that 100x headaches. An useful link: https://www.leica...

I'm starting to thing about my next scope. I must say I hate oil immersion lenses: I must put so much care in order to not contaminate the scope that I end up not enjoying the experience. Since I have no experience with 100x dry objectives, could anyone tell his/her experiences about resolution and ...

Hi Bob, I've recently bought a Swift 380T. I'm really surprised to discover that so relatively small quantity of money can provide so astonishing views. The only negative point, and this is only a personal issue, is the 1000x oil lens. I really hate oil immersion lenses. Sooner or later your fingers...

Hi everybody. My first experiences with a good microscope were at school. It was about 1976 and we had an Olympus microscope at the biology lab. What great memories observing parameziums and the like. After some decades, I missed the experience, so two weeks ago I've bought a Swift 380T trinocular. ...