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1. A trinocular is a binocular with a third tube for the camera. You should shop online at AmScope, New York Microscope, etc., and watch Oliver Kim's Microbe Hunter videos on YouTube to fill in your knowledge base. 2. Generally, the handheld "security camera" type microscope you have already gives y...

Thanks. This was fascinating.

Scarodactyl wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 14, 2023 3:40 am

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Thanks for the recommendation.
Mike M.

Just a belated update to my topic thread. Elsewhere here on the Forum, I did mention my eventual purchases. First Purchases: Two AmScopes March 15, 2022 https://www.microbehunter.com/microscopy-forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=15162 New AmScope B270 and Present Set-up November 9, 2022 https://www.microbeh...

I enjoy the site, of course, but I always thought it odd that there is no opportunity for giving feedback or knowing when you receive it, whether a reply or a like.

Thanks,
Mike M.

I have some slides from Triarch , both from the past and some recent ones of arthropods which are of good quality if perhaps a bit thick (the arthropods). Unless you're looking for specific examples it's probably cheaper to get a collection off ebay. Thanks for the recommendation to Triarch. I went...

Glenn Shipley wrote an opinion column for Microscopy Today back in 2009, "CItizen Microscopy." It is available from the publisher online here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/microscopy-today/article/citizen-microscopy/83055EB2C9A220023095211F8ABF16E4 (Note that Cambridge no longer publishes...

Yes, thanks, especially to Pete M. I bought several different sets of slides from AmScope and I was dismayed at the mounting. I understood immediately the what and why. As PeteM said, these are mass-produced on the cheap with little regard for quality control. So, I went shopping at the scientific s...

This past August, I bought an AmScope 270B and several sets of prepared slides. New Amscope B 270 - 1b.jpeg Previously, in March, I bought two student monoculars through Goodwill Dot Com. (See post to this forum: https://www.microbehunter.com/microscopy-forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=15162) (I am much h...

Yesterday, my barber said that his 9-year old daughter is interested in science and wants a telescope for her 10th birthday. Today, I brought him an AmScope and a box of prepared slides to take to her for week to see how she does with it. AmScope One (2) (s).jpeg A microscope is a lot easier to use....

My interest in microscopes goes back to my childhood. ... It came equipped with a video camera adapter. When I removed it, the very rare NFK 1.67 photo eyepiece was inside! Many of us here also began in childhood, even if several decades lapsed between then and now. You have an outstanding array of...

Welcome, indeed, Henry888!

What are your interests?
What instruments do you own?
How do you use them?

We look forward to meeting you.

Best Regards,
Mike M.

The one on the right is an M500. The objective missing is 100x oil. They are readily available. Thanks. $40.99 from AmScope. I was not concerned, really. Having played with these, I found that the two 4/0 .10 160/017 are not interchangible. I put the one from the M148 in the M500 and the stage woul...

I used to work for Zeiss. I did a year-plus as a contract instructor and technical writer. Mostly, I trained operators of coordinate measuring machines, but I also translated a lab manual from German to English. I don't care what the subject is -- planetariums, laser surgery, rifle scopes, metrology...

All new microscopes priced under about $4,000.00 irregardless of what badge is on them are made in either China, India or Thailand. The Zeiss Primostar is not really a Zeiss microscope. It's just one that they have selected out of a Chinese factory that they feel comfortable putting their name on. ...

I bought these at ShopGoodwill.com each with 1-cent shipping and Buy-it-Now, not auction bid, for $49 and $59. I also bought prepared slides from another source. Amscope Pair 3 (s).jpg They need to be cleaned but they seem to work well enough. One has places in the turret for four objectives but it ...

One thing to look out for with the cellphone adapters is that some of the astronomy ones are designed to accomodate eyepieces for telescope which are sometimes significantly larger than microscope eyepieces and may not fit a smaller diameter microscope eyepiece, otherwise they work fine. One I had ...

Benvenuto. Il tuo inglese va bene. L'orologeria è affascinante. Sono molto interessato a leggere di più da te. E no: non parlo italiano. (Beh, parlo un po'.) Welcome. Your English is fine. Horology is fascinating. I am very interested in reading more from you. And, no: I do not speak Italian. (Well,...

Welcome, Jimmyx23! One time, we were living in Northern Michigan and driving the backroads - which my wife assured me that she knew - we missed a turn and a long half hour later we passed a house with a Canadian flag. "Where are we?!?!" Be that as it may, feel free to read, ask questions, and contri...

Welcome Juuulien! We look forward to your participation here.

Best Regards,

Mike M.

... and delineated a story of using her cell phone for photos of fruit through the eyepieces of her Amscope Microscope. I am new to this, also. My hobby is astronomy. These are common: Screen Shot 2022-03-10 at 10.35.02 PM.png https://www.celestron.com/products/nexyz-3-axis-universal-smartphone-ada...

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Sat Mar 05, 2022 9:13 pm

Evening all, I’m a horologist and ...

Welcome. From my interest in astronomy, I bookmarked this site:
https://mechanicalcurios.com

The love of old instruments is common to many fields.

Mike M.

Welcome! This a great place to ask questions.
Mike M.

Hi! I'm a forensic science student attending school in Indiana. I am used to using the school's microscopy equipment, but recently got my hands on what one might call a "vintage" microscope. Looking to see if anyone knows how to repair it! :) If you post more information about the make and model an...

Welcome to the board. You seem quite knowledgeable. I look forward to your posts. I have been following your progress refurbishing your microscope. Your workmanship and patience are impressive.

Best Regards,
Mike M.

You might be wanting a stereo microscope to start with. 30 to 60X is the common high magnification for a stereo, so you can see small arthropods like dust mites well with one. The preparation of samples and adjustment of lighting is more straightforward, plus you get a 3-D image. You can alwsys mov...

Peter-J wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 16, 2022 10:43 pm

... I have just purchased a Brunel SP40. Really looking forward to exploring this hobby.

Welcome, Peter. I read through your posts in the other topic areas. You seem to be coming along quite well.
Congratulations.
Mike M.

lawie wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 18, 2022 7:37 pm

... but I'm trying to gather behavioral science insights in the digital domain.

Hello, Larissa. I will certainly take the survey. Ich habe auch fuer Zeiss gearbeitet und my master's degree is in social science.

Mit herzlichen Grüssen,
Mike M.

Good morning all. As a kid, I'm 30 now, I had a Gilbert microscope. I'd spend hours ... Welcome. Allow me to say that at 30 you are still a kid. My daughter is old enough to be your mother. That being as it may, we are all kept young by exploring new horizons. Like you (and probably the vast majori...

And I am primarily a stargazer with the telescope, my 8" Newtonian on equatorial mount, I like to sketch at the eyepiece. ... it turned out that there was a Leitz Diaplan there, to be scrapped.. ... I am searching for a solution.. because I REALLY want to use that Microscope. Welcome. I, too, am an...