[HN Gopher] I Heart Microscopes ___________________________________________________________________ I Heart Microscopes Author : hwayne Score : 29 points Date : 2022-04-01 20:08 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (www.hillelwayne.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.hillelwayne.com) | 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. | | 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. | | A $150 400X monocular "student grade" microscope: | https://www.sciplus.com/400x-student-grade-monocular-microsc... | | A $334 (up to) 1000X binocular "top quality" student | microscope: https://www.sciplus.com/top-quality-student- | binocular-micros... | | 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. | | 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! | | 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. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-04-02 23:00 UTC)