View Measurement Tool

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View Measurement Tool

#1 Post by Dennis » Fri Dec 02, 2022 4:14 pm

I made several versions of this tool.
The first versions use a "Sharpie" red marker to make lines.
The last one using painter's tape does not wreck the slide. All show jagged edges when magnified.
You really only need to use it once I think to get an idea of the size you are viewing.

The idea is to see how big of an area in inches or milometers you are viewing in first your eye piece and then your camera software if you are using that.

First you put a sample slide on the stage and bring it into focus.
Now remove the slide and replace it with the "View Measuring Tool."

My results were amazing to me as I never thought much about the size of the microbes.
I see a little more than 1/16" through the eye piece as I can see a whisker of the lines on each side. (Mostly tested at 10X but seems same across all)
The AmScope software on my monitor cuts a rectangle out of the view which measures less than 1/32" wide.

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