Are these any good as a portable out in the field diatom microscope?
Re: Are these any good as a portable out in the field diatom microscope?
This has probably not an attractive size - performance - ergonomics ratio. For diatom sampling it can be useful to carry a really tiny low power microscope to roughly evaluate the sample. For closer inspection a small yet fairly high resolving microscope can be useful to be used when back in the holiday flat or camp site. Such a microscope can then be a bit bigger depending on the way of transportation one uses.
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Re: Are these any good as a portable out in the field diatom microscope?
No. That is a Bausch & Lomb Academic microscope rebranded Leica after the merger. The older B & L ones were pale blue and green. A lot were sold for use in the lower primary grades. They worked well but had only a 100X magnification and a push pull focus.
Re: Are these any good as a portable out in the field diatom microscope?
This looks to be the ESM, that was marketed to elementary schools. Very simple operation so even primary grade students could successfully get an image. For a while it was sold in retail via the Nature Stores. So it had a direct path to end users, rather than a microscope dealer.
As mentioned in earlier posts, probably not ideal as a field scope. Especially for diatom work. Ideally you would want a system with contrast method, phase or possible DIC, but certainly one with higher resolving capability.
As mentioned in earlier posts, probably not ideal as a field scope. Especially for diatom work. Ideally you would want a system with contrast method, phase or possible DIC, but certainly one with higher resolving capability.