What's the Microscopy Budget at BASF?

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Sure Squintsalot
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What's the Microscopy Budget at BASF?

#1 Post by Sure Squintsalot » Wed May 10, 2023 9:33 pm

Someone should send them a link to Ebay.

Or maybe they're too cheap for internet at BASF?

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Re: What's the Microscopy Budget at BASF?

#2 Post by dtsh » Wed May 10, 2023 9:36 pm

Hahaha, that's not even a particularly nice example of yesterday's tech!

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#3 Post by Scarodactyl » Wed May 10, 2023 9:39 pm

And she's using it backwards.

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#4 Post by imkap » Wed May 10, 2023 9:40 pm

:D :D nice find

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#5 Post by PeteM » Wed May 10, 2023 11:34 pm

It's the worst case I've seen, but whenever advertising agencies stage a photo shoot or movie directors a scene in a lab, or prop masters stage anything - it's as if they've never seen or wondered what a biology class or a lab might look like.

Meanwhile, how many of them would equip their good guys or bad guys with this:
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#6 Post by PeteM » Wed May 10, 2023 11:47 pm

Then, there's this:
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#7 Post by einman » Thu May 11, 2023 2:05 am

I've seen microscope props used in science fiction movies with no objectives yet offering incredible views!! Ultra modern labs featured in movies using antique microscopes, mostly Zeiss or Ao's. So funny!

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