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Getting Started with Microscopy[edit]
- Microscope Buying Guide
- Your First Time Using a Microscope
- Types of Microscopes
- Caring for your Microscope
- Finding and Removing Debris and Smudges
- Frequently Asked Questions by New Microscopists
Specimen Preparation[edit]
Microscope Accessories[edit]
Frequent Topics of Discussion[edit]
- Finite and infinity corrected optics
- Greenough and Common Main Objective stero microscopes
- New budget microscopes vs. used quality microscopes
- Levels of Color Correction
DIY Projects[edit]
- Darkfield patch stops
- Oblique illumination
- Rheinberg illumination filters
- LED conversion
- Polarization microscopy
Microscopy Techniques[edit]
- Brightfield
- Darkfield
- Phase contrast
- Differential interference contrast
- Florescence
- Hoffman modulation contrast
Microscope Brands[edit]
The "Big Four" Current Manufacturers[edit]
Leica | Nikon | Olympus | Zeiss
Other Brands[edit]
Accu-Scope | Amscope | Euromex | Labomed | Lomo | Meiji Techno | Motic | OMAX | Richter Optica | Swift
Noteworthy Brands from the Past[edit]
American Optical | Bausch and Lomb | Reichert | Wild
Chinese Microscope Manufacturers[edit]
Motic | Novel Optics | Sunny Instruments | Shanghai Optical Instrument Factory | Phenix Optics
Resources[edit]
Microscopy Youtube Channels | Websites | Microscopy Clubs and Associations | Books