Viewing slides
Viewing slides
Hi, I’m new to this. I’m having difficulty looking at different areas of the slide. I move the slide too much or not enough. Are there any tricks to do this? Thanks
Re: Viewing slides
Are you using stage clips? ...often one stage clip is better than two.
Re: Viewing slides
If there is water between the stage and the slide ..the two things can get a bit 'sucked' together (then best not to use the clips at all). generally I put my thumb on the stage and tweak the slide with the nail.
If you are trying to scan the whole slide area quickly to find 'something' then a mechanical stage is very helpfull as you can be more methodical in searching.
The are some not too expensive add-on stages, they have two pins with a threaded bolt in the middle... if you look at your microscope stage you might find the stage has been pre-drilled to accept them. If not; the little brass pins (in mine at least) unscrewed and I used double sided sticky tape to hold the mechanical stage onto the top of microscopes stage...it worked well ...incredible as it might seem!
The locating pins underneath a Chinese add-on stage:
Here is a pic of the arrangement of the holes in the stage that they go into .. the middle one is threaded : This isnt your model of microscope .. its a Lomo... the pics are to give you an idea of what you are looking for.
If you are trying to scan the whole slide area quickly to find 'something' then a mechanical stage is very helpfull as you can be more methodical in searching.
The are some not too expensive add-on stages, they have two pins with a threaded bolt in the middle... if you look at your microscope stage you might find the stage has been pre-drilled to accept them. If not; the little brass pins (in mine at least) unscrewed and I used double sided sticky tape to hold the mechanical stage onto the top of microscopes stage...it worked well ...incredible as it might seem!
The locating pins underneath a Chinese add-on stage:
Here is a pic of the arrangement of the holes in the stage that they go into .. the middle one is threaded : This isnt your model of microscope .. its a Lomo... the pics are to give you an idea of what you are looking for.