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Unfortunately, the site's search engine wants to ignore many search terms--needs to be fixed. But, everything on the site does seem to be indexed by Google, so using Google with the site's URL included (you don't even need to use formal syntax) works quite well.

There have been a few prior postings about Indian microscopes on this forum, which you may be able to find. My impression (no actual experience buying) is they are often comparable to similar Chinese models. I have heard some Indian stuff is surprisingly good, but I suppose there is a lot of variance.

Amscope sells camera-specific 2x DSLR adapters on Ebay, Amazon and its website. E.g. https://www.ebay.com/itm/190814167210 (Nikon for $130).

Amscope also has a variety of USB cameras, if you prefer that over a DSLR. You would probably want >5MB and USB 3.0.

Here is a set of four nikon plan phase objectives with a nosepiece: https://www.ebay.com/itm/194692653368 Thr above labophot has a phase condenser but doesn't look to have phase objectives. It looks kind of rough but you can often get mislabeled phase scopes for surprisingly good prices. Assuming i...

If it were me, I'd aim for a 20x objective--a very useful power for water critters. 10x eyepieces are the standard for most systems. Resolution is largely determined by the numerical aperture of the objective, and increasing the magnification of the eyepiece is likely to result in little more than e...

If you want a full-frame camera, the Canon RP is hard to beat at $999 new.

Do some googling or searches on this forum to find others who are using the microscopes/cameras at issue. Easiest to interface is probably a USB camera, but better results are usually obtained with a larger-sensor DSLR or similar. If the camera has a mechanical shutter (most non-USB cameras), you wa...

Finding a camera with EFCS - it can be hard to tell even from the camera documentation if full electronic shutter or EFCS is available for shooting without a lens i.e. direct projection. My Canon M200 has an electronic shutter, but it only functions in 'Quiet' mode, which prevents shutter release w...

"While sometimes confused with duct tape, gaffer tape differs in the composition of both the backing, which is made from fabric as opposed to vinyl or other plastics, and the adhesive, which is more resistant to heat and more easily removed without damaging the surface to which it adhered. . . . Gaf...

LouiseScot wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 13, 2022 10:19 pm

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I find, as I get older and older, that everything seems to take longer whilst time passes quicker!
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I've noticed that myself. If the universe were fair, it should be the other way around...

OK the mirror slap at the beginning of DSLR cameras is the major cause of shutter shock. Many cameras (with mirrors) offer EFCS which raises the mirrors already before taking any photo. But, at the end there is still a mechnical shutter to end the exposure. If we compare EFCS cameras (still having ...

Not sure how much of a problem it is in microphotography, but electronic shutters can give a "rolling shutter" effect that is not good with moving subjects: https://www.jmpeltier.com/disadvantages-silent-electronic-shutter/ I am not familiar with the A5000, but if it has “Electronic First Shutter Cu...

WojTek wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 07, 2022 9:17 pm

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It looks like they are not as durable as everyone thinks!
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Nice videos!
Yeah, I was also disappointed when I realized that tardigrades are not nearly as durable as portrayed. The media confuses their active water phase with the hibernation state (when they can be quite durable).

Welcome! It's hard to find microscopes in shops anywhere these days; but fortunately there are online options. Don't worry too much about the advertised magnification. 1000x is pretty much the maximum useful magnification that can be achieved with a light microscope, typically by using a 100x oil ob...

I just removed a large number of spam messages. In order to reduce the registrations of fake accounts and spam, I recently changed the registration from the security questions to an image with numbers that users have to type in. This did not work well and the number of spam messages increased faste...

imkap wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 03, 2022 11:31 pm

Now it is working again... The weeds have been pulled out.
Hopefully it stays this way
I think we're in dire need of a broken focus mechanism, a fallen or at least a bit misaligned trinocular head, or a new old scope to get our minds off of Fentanyl (whatever that is )

Amen!

I've PM'd Oliver in the past to offer assistance, with no response. Perhaps others will have more luck, but it seems that Oliver is uninterested or overwhelmed with no one he trusts to assist? In the time I've been here, I've noticed Google searches sending more and more people to MicrobeHunter wit...

Does anyone have a way to reach Oliver outside the forum? He hasn't signed on in several days and may not be aware of how bad the spam situation has become, or that whatever remedial steps he took just aren't working.

Hello, I have again re-opened the registration of new users, but I will have to approve of it myself. If this is not a feasible solution, then I will try to change the security questions. Adding members manually also takes time... Oliver Clearly, something should be done. This morning, the entire p...

A big rash of spam messages this past week. How about adding some form of spam protection? One would think it is time. There have been suggestions of methods that work to prevent spam at other sites, but so far nothing seems to have been implemented. https://www.microbehunter.com/microscopy-forum/v...

Out of curiosity, I used the "translate to English" function on one of the current spam crop, and what the posting offers is quite expansive--ID's, passports, residence permits, premium counterfeit money--it's all there! " Buy premium counterfeit money online, Euro, Dollar, GBP, CAD, AUD, CHF, RAND...

Out of curiosity, I used the "translate to English" function on one of the current spam crop, and what the posting offers is quite expansive--ID's, passports, residence permits, premium counterfeit money--it's all there! " Buy premium counterfeit money online, Euro, Dollar, GBP, CAD, AUD, CHF, RAND ...

Is there another currently active microscopy forum in English? I know of https://www.quekett.org/ (very old British club devoted to microscopy), and https://www.photomacrography.net (slightly different focus but a lot of good stuff). And I believe there are a few Facebook groups. I haven't found an...

Whatever anti-spam provisions were implemented, they don't seem to be working. Nine new spam messages just appeared, most advertising drugs, apparently posted from a new account established today. It would make sense to try measures that have proven to work at other sites.

The vacuum cleaners of the microscopic world....

However she is doing it, the results speak for themselves. I need to learn how to do post editing. Is davinci resolve the best software to use?

Whether in the post production processing or not, Tardibabe's results are impressive. "All videos were taken with my iPhone mounted on a BA310E Motic microscope with an @ilabcam adapter 🔬 " Ilabcam's LabCam adapter exists and looks quite nice (for iPhone users), if a bit more expensive than the usua...

Scary, for sure. Contrary to what the article says, however, this brain eating amoeba--naegleria fowleri--is not rare at all; it is quite common--found just about everywhere in lakes, rivers, soil... What is rare is for it to kill people; but even there, there may actually be more deaths than are a...

Oliver has a video in which he shows the difference between oil and no-oil and concludes that no-oil is better. But a prime consideration for him appears to be the danger of getting oil on and perhaps inside a non-oil objective, which I suppose in a school environment is a real concern. For a carefu...

Probably a combination of things makes microscopy today the province of the older crowd, not least of all the proliferation of addictive high-tech entertainment/communication devices used by the young. I don't think it was always that way. I have a sense that around a century ago, before TV and radi...