Microscopes

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Microscopes were mentioned in another thread and most of the guys into Nothobranchius annual killifish use them to look at eggs . What is the best kind to get ? How much should a guy expect to pay for a decent one ? What is there to be avoided when buying one ? Any and all tips and opinions will be appreciated .

 

[GaryE]

The cheapest seem to be digital ones.

I will admit to using a magnifying glass on annual eggs. I haven't used the digital microscope I bought cheaply for that purpose, but it would have been fine. The cheap ones run about $60 cad. I don't know US prices.

 

[MaloK]

If you don't want to get involved with a full blown Transmission Electron Microscope at home...

I always bought student and kid grade stuff... Honestly The compound microscope I have for 100$ is more than enough and even if it has many flaws, one is to be 100x minimum... is just too good for a simple hobbyist like me.

Carson makes 2 portable microscope that are really more useful in my case. If you want to look at invertebrates and eggs. 40X to 120X is pretty good without having to pull out a whole nomenclature.

I really like the Microbrite series.

 

[jaylach]

Never used a microscope but DO have a small endoscope for checking areas I can't easily access.

Not exactly the one I got but similar for a cost of less than $25.00 USD.

Amazon.com

Here is a short video.

 

[gwand]

Here is the one I bought from Amazon.

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[Uberhoust]

I currently use an earlier version of this microscope. https://omaxmicroscope.com/products/g223d-c30s It works well for the price range though if you really want to use an imager with your scope then I would recommend getting a trinocular version. With a trinocular version you can get an adaptor to put an SLR on the microscope. I used this one to perform a minor surgery on a betta a number of years ago to remove a skin tumor (the tumor came back in 6 months ). Edit added tardigrade video using said microscope.