Euromex or Motic?
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Hi All
Another follow-up post
You may be pleased to hear that I've decided not to buy another microscope - Chinese or other. Instead I'll keep the one I have and try and populate it with more Nikon CF N lenses if I can get them. At the same time, I'm going to try the 'extreme macro' route using a tube with a dcr-150 as a tube lens and infinity objectives. When does an extreme macro setup become a diy microscope? I'm not sure of the answer to that but I'm really only concerned as to whether the instrument does what I want it to.
Louise
Another follow-up post
You may be pleased to hear that I've decided not to buy another microscope - Chinese or other. Instead I'll keep the one I have and try and populate it with more Nikon CF N lenses if I can get them. At the same time, I'm going to try the 'extreme macro' route using a tube with a dcr-150 as a tube lens and infinity objectives. When does an extreme macro setup become a diy microscope? I'm not sure of the answer to that but I'm really only concerned as to whether the instrument does what I want it to.
Louise
A Nikon CF plan 20x; A Swift 380T; A DIY infinity corrected focus rail system with a 40x/0.65 Olympus Plan, a 10x/0.30 Amscope Plan Fluor, and a 20x/0.75 Nikon Plan Apo
Re: Euromex or Motic?
Are you please with your choice ? I am still in dilemma!
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Hello
That's an old thread of mine! I actually bought a cheap Swift 380T and upgraded it with some Nikon objectives and got some good images with it. I also built a motorised rail-based infinity scope based around the DCR-150 tube lens and procured a mix of infinity lenses. I'm very pleased with both setups. The Swift is limited in terms of upgrades but is a good scope and very good value for money. The objectives that came with it weren't bad. I'm currently working on trying to put together a diy DIC setup but I keep getting distracted by other things! Hopefully I should be able to come to some conclusion about how doable it is before to long
Louise
A Nikon CF plan 20x; A Swift 380T; A DIY infinity corrected focus rail system with a 40x/0.65 Olympus Plan, a 10x/0.30 Amscope Plan Fluor, and a 20x/0.75 Nikon Plan Apo
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I picked up a like new Euromex iscope with plan phase ∞ LED.
Under £300 all in, I asked the seller if they where ok with that as it was the bay.
I was genuinely disappointed for them to loose around £1000 in only a few months.
As a hobby learning to clean and care for a microscope should be high on the list,a new microscope becomes used after a day out of the box, not knowing how to care for it becomes a poorly maintained used 'scope within days.
Under £300 all in, I asked the seller if they where ok with that as it was the bay.
I was genuinely disappointed for them to loose around £1000 in only a few months.
As a hobby learning to clean and care for a microscope should be high on the list,a new microscope becomes used after a day out of the box, not knowing how to care for it becomes a poorly maintained used 'scope within days.
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Thank you for your replies - I am also keep and upgrading my old scope - many advises (at least here) always point to that direction
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btw - I didn't understand why you said you were disappointed and lost 1000 GBP if you bought everything for 300 GBPPhill Brown wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 9:18 amI picked up a like new Euromex iscope with plan phase ∞ LED.
Under £300 all in, I asked the seller if they where ok with that as it was the bay.
I was genuinely disappointed for them to loose around £1000 in only a few months.
As a hobby learning to clean and care for a microscope should be high on the list,a new microscope becomes used after a day out of the box, not knowing how to care for it becomes a poorly maintained used 'scope within days.
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Phil said he was 'disappointed' on behalf of the Ebay seller, not for himselfFungusMan wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 6:54 pmbtw - I didn't understand why you said you were disappointed and lost 1000 GBP if you bought everything for 300 GBPPhill Brown wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 9:18 amI picked up a like new Euromex iscope with plan phase ∞ LED.
Under £300 all in, I asked the seller if they where ok with that as it was the bay.
I was genuinely disappointed for them to loose around £1000 in only a few months.
As a hobby learning to clean and care for a microscope should be high on the list,a new microscope becomes used after a day out of the box, not knowing how to care for it becomes a poorly maintained used 'scope within days.
Louise
A Nikon CF plan 20x; A Swift 380T; A DIY infinity corrected focus rail system with a 40x/0.65 Olympus Plan, a 10x/0.30 Amscope Plan Fluor, and a 20x/0.75 Nikon Plan Apo