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Question:How do DIY microscopes compare (cost, ease of use, resolution) to commercial options?

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by warren | October 02, 2017 18:28 | #14992

For folks to decide whether a DIY microscope is a worthwhile approach in (for example) looking at dust pollution samples, how do some of the DIY options compare on:

price
resolution of a photo (in microns per pixel)
ease of use

Keep in mind we want to compare microscope/camera pairs! We can only get a "microns per pixel" number to compare with if you're taking a picture through a microscope. Thanks!

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