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Microscope help please, Graduation Present
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OK i am graduating from high schhol and going to college. My parents want to buy me presents i think a cool micrscope would be awesome. I just started working with agar recently. Some contams here and there i think it would be sweet to look and see that stuff up close for myself. I have become quite the enthusiasit and need help picka good microscope. I think it would be nice to be able to take pictures to my computer with it. and i want to be able to observe the growth process of mushroom and its various contaminates. Also if it could take video that would rock. if i can view thorugh the computer though it probably already has that. SO please list what i am looking for and if you know some good ones for 500 or around their please enlighten me.

P.S. can i take the petri dish with mycelium or bacteria growing in it and look at thorugh the microscope without taking the lid off and get a decent pictures


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Re: Microscope help please, Graduation Present [Re: xburn]
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iwas looking at this http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=71410&item=7511093156&rd=1

are there any ,ajor difference between micsroscopes.  what should i watch out for.i think it would be cool to get a vidoe hookup for the top so i could watch  the mycellium grow in speed time : )


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Re: Microscope help please, Graduation Present [Re: xburn]
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Look at this one .
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie..._PcY_BIN_Stores
It even has the video cam included..

Enjoy


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Re: Microscope help please, Graduation Present [Re: xburn]
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the problem with that one is it is made to go to tv.
i think  i want this camera http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=58192&item=7512303552

because it will have a higher resolution

but as far as microscopes go is there anything wrong with this one or anything i should reconsider about it
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=71410&item=7511614852


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Re: Microscope help please, Graduation Present [Re: xburn]
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I hate and distrust ebay so they're out as far as I'm concerned, but that's just me. I started out with the observer series microscope at www.microscopesusa.com and the mini vid camera. They say the minivid won't fit the 18mm eyepieces of the 0bserever, however I found that it will, but it's a tight fit. I've used the combination to film time lapse videos of mycelium growing. If you can afford it, the M2 is much better.
RR


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Re: Microscope help please, Graduation Present [Re: RogerRabbit]
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ok sweet, that gives me an idea. Now to my next question if soemone could. can you put your agar plates straight onto the microscope without removing from the dish to view or must you use a slide.

also what magnification is usually used to observe mycellium, and for spores?


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Re: Microscope help please, Graduation Present [Re: xburn]
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With one of my microscopes, the 40X objective can be used over a closed petri dish. My better scope needs to be closer to get in focus. To go to higher power requires removing the lid, or making a plate. Some of my time-lapse agar videos have been made using a microscope slide cover over the agar in a petri dish. As the mycelium grows under the slide, you can use 100x, 400x, or even 1000x if you get silly and want to break out the immersion oil. If you want pictures of spores germinating, you can use karo water on a microscope slide, then place the spores on the drop of water before putting the slide cover over it all.
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Re: Microscope help please, Graduation Present [Re: RogerRabbit]
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I personally love Leicas:



And Nikon:







For 500 you might find some secondhand deals. Let me know if you want the specs on the models I use. Their video capabilities are excellent.

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Re: Microscope help please, Graduation Present [Re: pluteus]
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Holy shit! I'd sell my soul for all that equipment!
RR


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Re: Microscope help please, Graduation Present [Re: pluteus]
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why is it that everytime i see a pic that i really want to get a good look at i discover that pic is actually only as big as the default thumb size?

you people do realise that you can put up full size pics and the forum will auto-resize it to a thumb for faster page loads, right?

it is really disappointing to get excited about some mycpr0n that you want to use as wallpaper only to discover the thumb is what you get.

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Re: Microscope help please, Graduation Present [Re: debianlinux]
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My pics are plenty big, no? When I click on them I am shown the saved images which are about four times the size of the thumbs. If you want the full-size originals, for wallpaper or whatever, PM me. They are massive.

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