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Digital VS Compound Microscopes: Key Differences & Benefits
As technology has improved in cameras, monitors, computers and software so has risen the popularity of Digital Microscopes. Below we breakdown t...
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Microscopic viewing of Aquatic Invertebrates: Ciliates, Rotifers, Cladocerans, Insects, Hydra, and Amoeba
A pond can support thousands of different species and there is always the thrill of finding something new. The internet offers science papers, a...
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Camera Solutions for Photomicrography
A microscope reveals an exciting and strange world that includes diatoms, radiolarians, crystals, ciliates, tardigrades, rotifers, amoeba, bacte...
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The Value of a Stereo Microscope
In general a stereo microscope is ideal for low magnification work and manipulating small specimens. Stereo microscopes are often essential in t...
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Basic Microscopy Concepts - Introduction to Darkfield Illumination: Slider Solution
For transparent samples in light microscopy, dark field illumination is a simple and affordable contrast method. The idea of this technique is t...
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Basic Microscopy Concepts - A Better Image for Your Stereo Microscope
In compound microscopes, an illumination parallel to the optical axis is the standard. A lot of hardware is implemented to ensure this axial ill...
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Basic Microscopy Concepts - Microscope Objective: The Key Issue for Best Image Performance
Different samples require different microscopes. This rule refers to the fact that an opaque, bulky sample with a reflective surface needs anot...
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Basic Microscopy Concepts - Incident Light Microscopy for opaque samples
A closer look on Incident Light Microscopy reveals a new and noticeable fact. In a compound microscope for opaque samples, the objective plays ...
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Basic Microscopy Concepts - About Plan Apos
For sure, a genuine rendition of color is a basic demand on any light microscope. Using white light as the inspection tool for microscopic samp...
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Basic Microscopy Concepts - Understanding The Field of View (FOV)
To judge the performance of a microscope, the FIELD of VIEW (FOV) is a criterion of interest. What is this “FIELD of VIEW”?
In a technical sens...
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Basic Microscopy Concepts - Magnification on Screen
One of the most frequently asked questions about digital imaging is: What is the total magnification showed on the screen?
To answer this que...
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Basic Microscopy Concepts - Parfocality Adjustment for Upright Microscopes
Parfocalty is a property of the optical components that allows the microscope to stay in focus when changing between lenses of different magnifi...
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Basic Microscopy Concepts - Resolution & Magnification
Resolution may be defined as the ability of a reproducing system to separate individual signals, no matter what nature they are: e.g. optical or...
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Basic Microscopy Concepts - Some Ideas About Stereo Microscopes
A stereo microscope certainly is the most widespread type of microscope. From industrial QS applications to the biomedical field, from professio...
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Basic Microscopy Concepts - Phase Contrast Adjustment
The phase contrast is an illumination method to translate the reflective index or the optical thickness of the sample into a visual black and wh...
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Basic Microscopy Concepts - Koehler Illumination
A high quality illumination is regarded as a key issue for a perfect information transfer from specimen to target (human eye/camera chip). The i...
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Basic Microscopy Concepts - Polarization Contrast
Polarization Contrast is an affordable and easy contrast method to detect birefringence, which is a material characteristic that can be fo...
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Basic Microscopy Concepts - Adjusting The Illumination
In order to obtain maximum performance from your microscope’s optics - good, clear and crisp image - it is very important that the sample is ill...
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