There are two key reasons you need to follow a clear procedure when using a microscope: So you Succeed in your Projects: Finding focus on your specimen isn’t as easy as it looks! But if you follow the procedure outlined in this article it will maximize your chances of zeroing in on your specimen to …
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Many beginner microscopes come with a prepared slide that has a fly leg on it. This fly leg activity is one of the first microscopy projects kids and beginners complete. Here, I’ll walk you through doing this activity and the facts underpinning a microscopy lesson involving magnified fly legs.
It was infuriating when I got my CA-CAN-NIK-SLR camera to microscope adapter, only to find I couldn’t attach it to my microscope. It arrived with no instructions and the expectation that I knew exactly what to do. And I went to Google to find instructions, as well as the Amscope website, and no information was available. So I decided to make this little instruction guide.
Compound microscopes have fine and coarse focus knobs which are used to – of course – achieve focus on the specimen. These knobs are also known as the ‘stage adjustment knobs’ because they literally adjust the stage up and down. In this article, I’ll outline everything you need to know about the focus knobs on …
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The Swift SW380B is one of Swift’s best compound microscopes. Its high magnification levels and quality lenses make it a great candidate for clinicians and college science students. Personally I think the 2500X magnification is a little over the top (you only need about 400X for most experiments you’ll come across). It will allow you to see cells and dyed specimens in good detail.
The Levenhuk Rainbow 50L PLUS is a microscope designed and marketed for children and teenagers but provides sufficient quality magnification for viewing bacteria and other opaque specimen. I bought this microscope because it was in my opinion the best for kids.
The AmScope B120 is an impressive yet affordable microscope from the top manufacturer in the industry. Overall I think this microscope would be a good pick for students anywhere from middle school all the way up to college level.
The Celestron CM2000CF is Celestron’s mid-range compound microscope. It’s the most affordable option you’ll get from Celestron that also comes with advanced features like: a mechanical stage, 4 achromatic objectives, and 2000X magnification.
The Amscope M150C-MS gets all the features you want in a beginner microscope, and it’s sufficient to do intermediate microscopy experiments, so it’ll be able to handle a child’s growing scientific curiosity quite well.
This is a high quality trinocular microscope with an excellent range of features. The big question is whether you want to get this and buy a camera separately, or go for a trinocular microscope with a camera already included.
