Buying ADVICE for microscopes 🔬 Important features to consider
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Which features should a microscope for amateur microscopy have? Here I will give an overview of the basic requirements when buying a microscope. The brand of the microscope is in most cases not very relevant. The features count.
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The minimum requirements for a good microscope are:
Objectives: 4x, 10x, 40x objectives
Standard: DIN 160mm is common for economy microscopes
10x eyepiece
Mechanical stage
Condenser
LED or Halogen illumination
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1:20 160mm DIN standard 3:07 Objectives 5:25 Different objectives/techniques 7:15 Stage 8:37 Condenser 9:45 Coarse/Fine Focus 10:44 Light intensity regulator 11:40 Price, features 13:30 80/20 Rule and Final Thoughts
@martinruyant6884
Жыл бұрын
thanks!
@Fhannycopia3
3 ай бұрын
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I wish I knew of other KZreadrs like you who could recommend equipment for other amateur science, like telescopes, chemistry kits, etc.
@parthd714
2 жыл бұрын
BTW there's a channel called catching photons, helped me a lot about telescopes and astrophotography.
@DP-qb1zw
Жыл бұрын
Ed Ting astronomy videos.
@joelmarte6137
Жыл бұрын
@@DP-qb1zw he’s the man
@DanielvanStadenSTEM
2 ай бұрын
ThoughtEmporium has a great video for making an amatuer lab.
I want to buy a microscope for Christmas and... Googled 'best microscope' and yup, horrible results . Remembered your videos from past and thankfully I managed to find you. First video... then will check your other videos. I recall feeling your feedback came across as stand out, experienced, authentic & thoughtful for the ignorant like me. I'm very grateful for your videos - thank you.
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Gracious sharing of your knowledge which has been very much appreciated.
Bro, you explain this so good that I really don't remember that I was so educatied in a one short video before. You are impressive. Top level explanation.
Very well-structured and informative info. Helps me in making a microscope purchase. Thank you.
Very useful and well-structured introduction! Thabk you!
Really appreciate this video - I almost fell for the marketing on the magnification and in researching found this video. Thank you again - I've subscribed and looking forward to viewing more videos.
Brilliant video and just what i needed before buying my first microscope. Thanks a lot mate.
Thanks for the video. I've been getting into growing food and mushrooms. Although one can take a simple approach, I'm also fascinated by these living things and curious about how to make them thrive. I've started a terrarium also. First it was for snails I find outside (and hoping they reproduce) because I love escargot and why not? Well, their habitat that I've made for them will also benefit from some worms and rolly-pollies (that's the scientific term) that I've added that will help keep it clean. Then separately I've been doing some vermiculture because they make fantastic soil for growing food. Then there's making mushrooms: I made the most delicious shiitake mushrooms I've ever tasted with some kits I bought here in Japan. I want to try incubating substrate myself with spawn I cultivate myself. And I plan to do oyster mushrooms soon because they can grow off of a mix of sawdust and coffee grounds. Maybe I'll try to get some of those mushrooms that will eat plastic. Anyway, with all this I figure that being able to look at many of these things under the microscope will be fascinating and educational for myself. (Why did that potato plant die? Can I find the fungus/nematodes/bacteria that are the culprit?). Also, I have a small channel here on KZread, so perhaps I will end up sharing some of it here. I would love to be able to record the microscope image with decent quality like you do. Thanks again.
Thank you, you cleared everything up.
I have never seen a better presentation and explanation of a product. Thank you sir.
i was looking for a magnifying glass at a pawn shop and picked up a decent omax scope for 200 bucks. after watching your video and finding the same scope online new for 1700 im pretty excited. thanks for the introduction to microscopy and the informative video
Really thank you for your advices
Thank you for the video. Really helped us for a start up company R&D. Please make more videos..
Thank you so very, very much! Your video answered every question and concern I had about buying a microscope to get into the hobby of microscopy. Very informative, objective, and specific information. Exactly what I needed to know. Thank you sir! Sub added!👍👍👍👍
You’re a great teacher! Thank you!
Very well explained. Thank you.
Straight to the point and NO Nonsense Video. Awesome Sir. Thanks.
Thank you bro! Awesome video! 👌👍😉
Thanks for this tutorial.
Thank you for sharing your insight! Very helpful!
Thank you so much for a microscopic time! Really help me made a decision as I'm looking to buy a microscope for my lab! Have a good day, sir!
Thank you very much, for giving this advisement
love the video. spoken from the heart, by someone who loves what he's doing (and knows it).
Most informative. Thank you.
I appreciate the information you provided.
I love the way you speak and explain things 👍
thank you very much. so helpful.
You're very professional and you know what you're taking about ! Great video !
Your advice helped me. Thanks very much.
Great explanation really fantastic and enthusiastic teacher
FABULOUS!!!!! Thank you for such an amazing informative video.
Thank you. This video is extremely helpful!
Well explained thanks a lot
I am so glad you put in the comment about the quality of current tools being so much better than those we had just a few years ago. The wealth of knowledge available to anyone who can get on the internet is astounding. I've been pleasantly surprised at the quality of observations that I can make on a simple USB microscope that I bought to look at circuit boards. Better to get exploring with something cheap than wait a long time for "just the right thing". Thank you for taking the time to make such a nice guide.
Thanks for your invaluable advice - Bought a microscope at a glance and I must admit I should have waited longer en studied more -- Thats what I will do. Thanks
Fantastic information clearly presented--thank you!
When I was in medical school I used a single eyepiece microscope. With some practice (not a lot) one can leave the non viewing eye open and the viewing eye sees the image--> not tiring.
@sonyxperiasmk
2 жыл бұрын
Same as with gunsights
@Ardeact
2 жыл бұрын
yes it's the same with ironsights, using your primary eye
‘pig in a poke’ is the idiom. Helpful videos thanks.
Thank you very much for this explanation
Great video with detailed enough overview! Awesome, appreciate the info.
Awesome..thanks..this video is really a great help to decide what to look while buying microscope. Thanks again!
Great vid, super informative. That reflection tho.
Thank you. Very worthwhile information.
Thank you very much. That was a lot of very useful information for me as I start my research into entering the world of microscopy as a beginner.
Thank you..... I've been on Google trying to figure out which one to buy! This vid gave me so much info!
Thank you. This was very helpful.
Very nice tutorial, helped a lot
Very informative video, I quite enjoyed listening to your advices, you made my search for a good beginner microscope a lot easier Thank you very much.
Thanks for your info and your input on the microscopes.....it really helped ....I appreciate it...!!!! Cheers....!!!!
thank you for the advice and information you look and sound like a cool school teacher
Thank you for the info ♡
Thank you for your advice 😀
Love your videos! It reminds me of being in High-School and having dedicated teachers, passionate about supporting and invigorating the learning process in young minds.
@flat-earther
Жыл бұрын
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Very nice presentation. Particularly details clearly written in play card remove any possible doubt. Thank you.
Thank you! Very helpful!
Thanks for the advice...bought the SW350T and swiftcam SC500 👍
Excellent. That was very helpful listening to while browsing to buy one :)
Thanks you for some sensible advice.
The best info so far!! made everything so much clearer!! THANK YPOUUUU!!
@Microbehunter
4 жыл бұрын
I have a second microscope channel and this one gives even more advice about microscopes: kzread.info/dron/ZG2CV8y-tjzoy_zCsg2NJQ.html
Thanks a lot!
I just started to look at buying my first microscope. That was an Excellent explaination of microscopes. Thank you !
Very nice presented video. Congratulations!
Yes, sir. thank you for the information.
Excellent and educational video, thank you.
Honest explanation. Good & informative.👍😊🙏
Great video! Thank you !
Hello, really like your channel, thank you for the good information!! I have a question- one might want certain features more importantly than others depending on what it's mainly going to be used to view, right? If so, which features are most important in a microscope to be used mostly to see fungus, mold, bacteria, yeast, viruses..? I have been using a cheap digital microscope for a while now & it has much limitations for seeing those things! Lastly, what are some of the best brands to look for? Thank you!
I have watched this video so many times because it’s brilliant. Kind regards . Ken from Rutland, England.
great video. I'm very exited to look at microbes though my own microscope
Thank you, Sir, for the great advice on the essential features of a decent microscope! It was a pleasure to listen to your explanations and descriptions. Best wishes for your research and studies!
Extremely helpful, I had a hunch about most of the things you said though you confirmed all of it. The most important thing was the 160 and x4, x10, x40 information's you provided. Also the opinion you have on the oil x100 for starting out. Thanks a lot for your helpful video!
A brilliant and easily-understood video which has definitely helped me in choosing my first microscope. Thank you Microbehunter :)
@Microbehunter
4 жыл бұрын
Please check the videos of my other channel as well for even more microscopy info: kzread.info/dron/ZG2CV8y-tjzoy_zCsg2NJQ.html
Great! Thank you!
Great microscope buying guide. Would you mind sharing the make and model of the two microscopes?
@Microbehunter
6 жыл бұрын
The large one is an Olympus CH40 (not made anymore). The small one is branded as BMS Breukhoven. This latter one seems to be sold by different companies under different brands. I have seen the objectives of this microscope already on several other low-cost (educational) microscopes.
@lkrs2000
6 жыл бұрын
Got it. Thanks for the feedback. I am looking into getting more deeply into food fermentation (microbiology). Any specific pointers on microscopes to observe live microbes (probiotics) like yogurt. Stains/dyes to highlight the bacteria??? Thank again!
@Microbehunter
6 жыл бұрын
Well this is a complex issue: You can see bacteria already with 400x brightfield. I have already observed them under that magnification. But if you want to see them well, then you need phase contrast microscopy. This technique will allow you to see also transparent bacteria with good contrast. But it is expensive. Staining is possible with e.g. methylene blue, but the bacteria need to be fixed on the slide (dead).
@lkrs2000
6 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see them alive and be able to tell when my sauerkraut or kefir is best. It's really cool what you have going!
Superb video. V helpful tips
Danke - Merci - Thank you!!!! So helpful
Thank you very much! You are my hero! :)
Thank you for your honest and full of knowledge review that you have gained from your true experience, I wish that there are more people like you in this world. I hope you have a great and happy life.
thank you. easy to fall in a rabbit hole when you're considering a relatively big purchase. we just don't wanna get screwed over spending our hard earned money on something we know little about
Thanks, very interesting
Really great video thanks
Thank you so much for the knowledge you just shared all of that is looks so reasonable from your words, which is not so common to find out here.. once again thx
My 7 yo son recently asked me for a microscope so I'm researching them as I have no idea, this video is the first thing I've come across and I have to say that the information you present here is excellent. My takeaway from this is to buy a microscope as if I was buying him his first camera, I'm a photographer, I should get something decent that he can learn/grow with but it should have the functionalities of what would be considered standard on a microscope. Thanks for the info, great content.
very very good video...thank you very much
Nice videos! How come i didnt find your chanel before.. Do you plan on doing video on staining? I already bought a scope
I LOVE that lead with "the single greatest criteria." Thank you for not burying the lead and convoluting your message with "story" and/or "background." You are concise, on point, and speaking with authority of your knowledge. Thank you. Thank you.
@Microbehunter
2 жыл бұрын
I have another channel now, which deals with microscope buying advice etc. kzread.info
@Red_Proton
2 жыл бұрын
@@Microbehunter Thank you. I subscribed to your other channel.
Best video on microscopes I've seen
Thx you so much man.
Very informative.
Thanks for making this inspired video. I am looking for a microscope and your video helps me in my search. I have subscribed to your channel too!
OK I watched and bought a used Leitz Wetzlar made in 1967. Bought 2 10x Eyepieces made by the same company. It is far better than anything I ever expected to own. Thanks for all the Video's.
Excellent video. Thank you. It's been a long time since I took microbiology and now I have kids in elementary school that I'd like to teach some things, but I really needed a refresher.
Super Danke!
Be great to see some follow up vids. Usb, disecting, petroscope etc.
Great video, I see there's a lot of information on cheaper beginner/budget units, do you have any higher end microscopes to recommend in the market at the moment?
Really good stuff in this channel
thank you❤️