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Hi all, many of you will know of course that I make my own Botanical slides right from the 'raw' tissue - i.e. the parts of a fresh plant. These are fully stained and permanently-mounted slides of many different subjects and I've many posts in the forum with examples and tales of my adventures as I...

Hi, Your microscope using variable Alternative Current, (AC) source to dim Halogen lamp. When you turn the dial to dim the Halogen lamp, it will supply AC power from 12 AC Volt down to may be 0 AC Volt. Some LED replacement unit is not dimmable, it is design to work only with 12Volt AC. If you use t...

Thank you very much for your comment 75RR, gekko, JimT and vasselle. Next time I will try 100X Objective to see how the UGF filter show up in high magnification. from my test, UGF filter is easier to work with 10X Objective than 40X Objective, so 100X Objective will be more difficult. Cheers, Suphot

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Hi All members, I have seen a lot of good photograph using UGF filter, which is very interesting. So I try it one by print the Gradient Pattern on Overhead transparency film. It is very good what the UGF filter can show in the eyepieces, but I have to learn some more to adjust it for the best result...

Hi Gekko, Thank you very much for your greeting, I often view thru many of your beautiful photographs and other members in the forum. It is very interesting. But I am not post much because of my laziness. I saw some discussion of LED illumination adapt into microscope. The UV Filter may need in some...

For Microscope user who has LED illumination or who replace Halogen lamp with LED unit, you may consider to put UV filter in place to cut off UV light to pass thru eyepiece. The photographic UV Filter is easy choice to do the job. But all UV filters are not create equal. The test result of UV filter...