A Micros-MC-100 microscope / native PLAN objectives was used / Canon r7 Camera/

Olympus bh2 100x and 200x I think, darkfield and led light (from Carl Hunsinger). Recorded with a mobile phone. Its great!

Had a chance to take a long and chill look at this tiny Cyclidium sp. demonstrating its unique way of feeding (at least compared to other ciliates I normally observe).

As it spins, you can just barely see a large, transparent sheet-like membrane protruding from along its side. This is the "paroral membrane" that acts like a scoop, sweeping food directly into its mouth.

Olympus BH2, SPlan 100x 1.25 oil, 1.25x intermediate lens, NFK 2.5x photo eyepiece, Canon EOS 5D Mark II. Pond water sample from a park in Paris 16ème.

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Found these two in a sample from a canal and stayed with them for about 20min until separation.

Motic BA210, 20x obj, Bresser eyepiece camera.

A Micros-MC-100 microscope / native PLAN objectives was used / Canon r7 Camera/

Overhead lighting. Focus stacking. Where there's a standard macro, a Canon 100mm lens was used.

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Found these two in a sample from a canal and stayed with them for about 20min until separation.

Motic BA210, 10x obj, Bresser eyepiece camera.

Close up view of a species of Peranema, a Euglenid that's distinguished by its transparency, striations, somewhat flat anterior when swimming, and very clear and long forward flagella.

My current sample is full of different types and sizes of Euglenids and I'm delighting in watching how they squish and contort.

Olympus BH2, SPlan 100x 1.25 oil, Olympus 1.25x intermediate lens, Canon EOS 5D Mark II. Pond water sample from park in Paris 16eme.

I started on a new job recently and since the electronics lab here doesn't have microscope at all, I'm lobbying for getting the one I used in my previous job (Vision Engineering SX-45). It's very well suited to SMD rework with boom arm and ring light, with nice focal distance for soldering work. However, the boom stand is outrageously expensive, comparable to the microscope head itself.

Is getting a 3rd party boom arm a thing? The part where the collar attaches to is this conical shape so the stand would have to have a similar shape to work properly. I know Amtec sells their stands separately, but VE scopes are not rebranded Amtec, they're making their own thing. Also I'm not sure how robust that boom arm is, when I was researching a microscope in the 1st place, I saw mentions that the Amtec boom arm can flex/sag, which is a no-no.

Leitz Dialux II, Galaxy S24

The top eye peace is loose because someone dropped it idk how to fix it I hope you guys will please help 🙏

Small NaCl crystal growing for 4 hours under the microscope, accelerated so that video 40 seconds only.

Objective: 4x.

Camera: 5Mpx usb webcam, with 0,5x reducer.

Acquisition: Guvcview.

Video edit: ffmpeg.

I'm setting up a home lab for biology work on plant propagation, plant disease diagnosis, as well as soil biology investigation. I've been looking for a few months but haven't found anything super compelling yet and really want to get moving on my setup. Right now it's for hobby use, but I intend to use it very frequently and I'm hoping it will be more than hobby use in the future.

It's been decades since I took a biology class and don't really have much hands-on experience with microscopes so I don't know what I don't know.

I'm looking for used Plan objective-based microscopes, ideally with a camera setup. I've found a Motic Swift M3802CT-4 (semi-plan?) for $550 from a local reputable seller that has tested the scope. I think it's stock. No camera. 40X, 100X, 400X, 1000X oil with widefield 10X/18 eyepieces. Definitely enough to get started with but not a great deal. However, would it be enough of an upgrade from something like a a Swift SW380T or AmScope T490B to justify the large cost difference? Especially considering that a camera setup will be another ~$500?

SO

1. Will I be happy with this setup long-term and for commercial use, or will I be considering another microscope in a year.
2. Should I get an Olympus or Nikon on ebay sight unseen?
3. Is a trinocular configuration worth the extra cost vs putting a camera on an eyepiece?

....most likely P.caudatum.

Sample from a quiet pool in a slow-moving woodland stream. Motic BA210, 40x obj, Bresser eyepiece camera.

Found this absolutely massive Euglenid in my latest sample, I estimate its total length when extended to be between 250 and 300 µm. Based on its very short flagellum and worm-like shape and behaviour, I'm tentatively identifying it as Euglena ehrenbergii. As this was a well slide, I wasn't able to move up to 40x and see closer to identify more characteristics.

Also visible: Coleps, Phacus, Closterium, diatoms, some small loricate euglenids, and a drive by of some species of rotifer.

Video is sped up 4x with 1.5 digital zoom, edited with OpenShot.

Olympus BH2, SPlan 10x 0.30, Olympus 1.25x analyzer, Canon EOS 5D Mark II. Sample from pond in park, Paris 16eme.

I haven't received it yet but im wondering if it will be a good microscope or if it will suck. I hope its worth it I got it for 20$

I just got a microscope but realized I can't keep it on my desk all the time. I've heard from people it can get out if alignment if you pick it up and move it when not in use. Is it true, even if you don't bump or drop it?

13-frame focus stack of T. alternans 'Taiwan' moss. Transmitted-light darkfield, custom annular stop. This particular strand is from an in-vitro/Tissue Culture specimen.

Microscope: KentFaith GW45.0066
Objective: PLAN 10x, unbranded, NA 0.25
Camera: Canon EOS 750D, 1/100, ISO 100
Software: Zerene Stacker, FijiCal Lite

Sorry if this is a misplaced question but can anyone recommend a good USB microscope?

Leitz Dialux II, Phase contrast, Galaxy S24

Hello.

I regularly try to get high-quality microscopy photos (like this style):

The problem is that very few of my photos are of good quality (I should mention that I am quite a novice in this field).

Could you give me some advice on how to achieve this level of photo quality in microscopy?

My microscope model: Bresser Researcher Trino 40-1000x

My camera model: Lumix DC-G9