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Hi everyone, I recently bought a used motic bas300 microscope (phase contrast) thanks to everyone's recommendations and I have a few questions about it and microscopy in general. This is the link to the microscope I bought: https://www.ebay.com/itm/392714315029. 1-Are the phase contrast microscope o...

I'm located in California. Well my flexibility maxed out at 450. I'm really looking for something less.

Hi again everyone, I have been posted multiple times about buying a phase microscope but I have just recently decided to go for a used one. I am looking for direct suggestions of microscopes to buy on ebay since this will be my first microscope and I'm not very experienced. I want to use it to analy...

Thanks! That help out a lot. Also, Lorez2, I'd definitely like more information about the B&L microscope.

Thanks for both of your replies to my post! I am just wondering if you would be able to point out what exactly make’s this microscope cheap and/or why its quality would be worse. Also, would a bright field microscope at the same price be better? (I wasn’t able to find any reviews or pictures of what...

Hi! I am looking to buy my first microscope and I definitely want it to be a phase contrast microscope because I plan on viewing live cells without staining (I have done a fair bit of research about the various types of microscopes and how they work). My budget for this microscope is pretty low: 500...

Thanks for all of your help!

Hi! I am looking to buy my first microscope and I definitely want it to be a phase contrast microscope because I plan on viewing live cells without staining (I have done a fair bit of research about the various types of microscopes and how they work). My budget for this microscope is pretty low: 500...

I am planning on buying a microscope and it would be great if you could help me out. First of all, this is my first microscope so my budget will be about $400 and I am really interested in human biology so I plan on using it to examine live cells (I also really like the technical aspect of microscop...