Today we’re looking at a more advanced type of compound microscope with a huge amount of extra modes to really cover a wide variety of specialized metallurgical applications. AmScope has at the top of their metallurgical microscope line, the ME600TZB–a metallurgical unit capable of viewing in brightfield, darkfield, and polarized light modes. Being the top…
Category: Microscopes
Omax Compound Microscope Review – “CS-M82ES-SC100-LP50” 40X-2000X Lab LED Binocular Compound Microscope with Mechanical Stage + 100 Glass Blank Slides & Covers + 100 Lens Cleaning Paper
Jumping into the hobby of microscopy is not an easy feat. There are many different models out there but little information. What is out there is technical mumbo jumbo understood only by those carrying a Ph. D. However, the basics are out there — I’ve even covered quite a few on this very blog! The Omax…
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…
AmScope Compound Microscope – “T490B-3M” 40X-2000X Trinocular Biological Microscope + 3M Camera Review
(aSo I recently I decided to check out AmScope’s more base line compound microscope models. I had a friend that came to me requesting a simple yet professional level compound microscope to break him into the world of microscopy. He wanted to do a variety of health checks personally just to explore and learn more…
AmScope Gemological Microscope – “GM400TZ-10M” 3.5X-90X Advanced Jewel Gem Stereo Zoom Microscope + 10MP Camera Review
Besides GIA gem microscopes (which tend to be quite expensive), not many alternatives are exist available for gemologists or jewelers. The units on the market are either too basic or out of the budget of a new student in the field. AmScope recognized this need with their gemology line, however this unit I have here…