[HN Gopher] I Heart Microscopes
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I Heart Microscopes
Author : hwayne
Score : 29 points
Date : 2022-04-01 20:08 UTC (1 days ago)
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| amelius wrote:
| I love microscopes too. The sad part is that if you zoom in
| further, you lose all the color.
| teekert wrote:
| I'm looking for a "casual" but good microscope, to show my kids
| these nice things. I'm a biologist and I'm used to the expensive
| Zeiss and Leica ones but have no idea of prices and where to
| start. I guess I would like to be able to see (blood) cells but
| also butterfly wings so something with multiple objective would
| be nice? Or is that too expensive? What can you get for, say
| 100-200 eur?
| webnrrd2k wrote:
| If your kids are young, I'd strongly reccommend an ~10x or so
| binocular microscope. Its a lot easier for younger kids to
| recognize what they are looking at. I tried higher
| magnification microscopes with my kids, but they were young
| enough that it mostly just confused them.
|
| Its also nice to be able to put the microscope in a case and
| take it with you while exploring. I used a little flashlight
| for the stage light, and it worked well.
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| It's sort of like exploring the night sky with a pair of
| binoculars before getting a big telescope. Its helps to get
| oriented first. Then, if your kids are into it, you can upgrade
| your equipment.
| Wistar wrote:
| A few here. I have bought many things from Science Surplus
| (sciplus.com) and have always been pleased.
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| A $150 400X monocular "student grade" microscope:
| https://www.sciplus.com/400x-student-grade-monocular-microsc...
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| A $334 (up to) 1000X binocular "top quality" student
| microscope: https://www.sciplus.com/top-quality-student-
| binocular-micros...
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| Or, at microscope.com there are several in your price range.
| Here is an example, an Omano 40X-1000X Student Monocular
| Compound Microscope for $179:
| https://www.microscope.com/popular-microscopes/omano-om118-m...
| alan-hn wrote:
| +one billion points for ASS.
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| I love ASS, its one of the best stores in the US. If you have
| a chance to visit one I would highly recommend it. Their
| product labels are cheeky and adorable and they have all
| sorts of wonderful, random shit
| juskrey wrote:
| AmScope 2500x binocular is possibly the best for the money (250
| dollars) https://www.ebay.com/itm/AmScope-40X-2500X-Binocular-
| Lab-Com...
| Wistar wrote:
| Interesting, much resemblance between that and the
| microscope.com Omano scopes I reference above in my last
| link.
| juskrey wrote:
| A lot of OEM is happening here, I guess
| aimor wrote:
| There are low-cost options too:
|
| I had fun years ago using the lens from a CD player laser as a
| microscope for my phone. The setup is dead simple: hold the lens
| with a bobby pin and attach it in front of your phone's camera
| with a rubber band. A portable microscope that records video!
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| There are also small plastic scopes about the size of a D battery
| (would recommend one with lights). Definitely toys, but uh toys
| can be fun too.
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