Oil immersion is a necessary technique for high powered microscopy, however few modern microscope companies seem to provide information what exactly that means! How is a novice microscope user supposed to know these things without at least a little insert or blurb in the manual about it? It honestly confuses me every time I see…
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Microscope 101: How To Properly Prepare a Microscope Slide
Often times, new microscope users are puzzled by how to properly prepare slides. A slide incorrectly prepared can often lead the novice microscopist to believe their new microscope is defective (as we’re more prone to think our equipment is wrong with lower priced purchases than we are to question our techniques–it’s natural to the human…
Microscope 101: What is Darkfield Microscopy?
I’ve been getting a lot of questions in my inbox about darkfield microscopy for compound microscopes–one of the more advanced forms of optical microscopy. Being a more specialized use for a microscope, there isn’t a whole lot of information out there written in easy to digest terms to explain its benefits, and in what applications…