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Hello sinabre, Your video is superb. What equipment did you take this video with? Sincerely, Frank Hello Frank, Olympus Bx50 + uplanfl(fluorite objective) + 2.5x photoeyepiece + homemade adapter + nikon d5300 dslr. Thanks. Hi I am new to microscopy just got my new scope. I had wondered how to conne...

** Update ** The cheap scope I bought was just that. It initially put me off the hobby. However after several months, I got the urge to look again. I found a discord channel Diet Toms. After several weeks of discussion and on his advice I took the plunge again and purchased a scope from Amscope http...

I purchased a version ( Telmu microscope xsp-75 ) of the Swift SW 150 form Ebay for $26 shipped new. It arrived today. Seems OK looking through the lower powers, high powers not as good which I half expected. This was purchased to enable me to dip my toes in, so to speak, in microscopy. I have notic...

An older used microscope will be a much better deal in every regard. Not only will you miss out on the plastic parts, you may get more options at a reasonable price. If you are interested you can send me a note. I have quite a few ( many ) good scopes, but no junk. I do have a few toys, but they ar...

About five years ago I joined this group. I was at the time just about to take my American wife back to the land of my birth, Featherstone, West Yorkshire. I asked for advice on a beginners scope. Which I hoped to purchase on my return. I returned to news of an imminent hurricane. I by now had compl...

Thanks for all the great advice. The ones on Craigslist, especially the first one looks the part, however I have a Holiday coming up next month so I have decided to hold off. After my Holiday in August I will search Craigslist once again. Then I will probably be back to pick your brains once again.

I did have a microscope many moons ago when I was about 11 years old. Now approaching the big six oh I have decided to take the plunge a get another. Initially I am going with a budget of sub $200. So any advice would be appreciated. Would like to buy new. But you never know. Cheers Ian PS since pos...