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Getting Started with Microscopy

• Microscope Buying Guide
• Your First Time Using a Microscope
• Types of Microscopes
• Caring for your Microscope
• Finding and Removing Debris and Smudges
• Frequently Asked Questions by New Microscopists

Specimen Preparation

• Staining Protocols
• Slide Preparation
• Permanent Mounting

Microscope Accessories

• Microtomes
• Centrifuge

Frequent Topics of Discussion

• Finite and infinity corrected optics
• Greenough and Common Main Objective stero microscopes
• New budget microscopes vs. used quality microscopes
• Levels of Color Correction

DIY Projects

• Darkfield patch stops
• Oblique illumination
• Rheinberg illumination filters
• LED conversion
• Polarization microscopy

Microscopy Techniques

• Brightfield
• Darkfield
• Phase contrast
• Differential interference contrast
• Florescence
• Hoffman modulation contrast

Microscope Brands

The "Big Four" Current Manufacturers

Leica | Nikon | Olympus | Zeiss

Other Brands

Accu-Scope | Amscope | Euromex | Labomed | Lomo | Meiji Techno | Motic | OMAX | Richter Optica | Swift

Noteworthy Brands from the Past

American Optical | Bausch and Lomb | Reichert | Wild

Chinese Microscope Manufacturers

Motic | Novel Optics | Sunny Instruments | Shanghai Optical Instrument Factory | Phenix Optics

Resources

Microscopy Youtube Channels | Websites | Microscopy Clubs and Associations | Books