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| cfastie | "It might be that the first step is to define the term magnification. What is it exactly you want to know? Chris " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| dynamic_daksh | "Nice Question " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| liz | "Looks like the Public Lab Store offers the microscope stage calibration slide as an Add-On. If you overlay your sample on this very small ruler, yo..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| MaggPi | "Hi all, Here is what I can share on Raspberry Pi and microscope objectives: ---I have worked on three different DIY microscope set ups: -Public l..." | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| aquiles | "@bronwen, I don't have any links yet, just working on ideas in the lab while trying to find a good compromise quality/price. Coming from a 15k€ obj..." | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| aquiles | "Thanks @asnow! I will try the amscope lenses to see how they perform. When I have some feedback, I'll post it here! " | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| JohanoSugarro | "@bronwen I would say that the second idea is better. Friend of mine have also been using amscope lenses with Raspberry Pi cameras and it hasn't wor..." | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| Bronwen | "Hi @aquilies just to add what @asnow said, we've been stacking the amscope lenses with Raspberry Pi cameras, which has worked well, but this is a n..." | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| asnow | "Hi @acuiles! We typically source lenses from Amscope, they usually have the best price, free and fast shipping! We typically work with 10 or 20x. A..." | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| stevie | "ohh interesting. I was about to buy the 10x. Any fixes for this? or any troubleshooting success @kgradow1 ? " | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| richardbowman | "@kgradow1 are you using one of the openflexure optics modules? If so, that might explain why the 10x lens didn't work as expected. Finite-conjuga..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| richardbowman | "Hey, for the Openflexure Microscope I tend to buy the lenses from Aliexpress, usually Sunlight Optical but there are many suppliers. The mass-prod..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| stevie | "Out of the two posted above, when we were testing them out, I had a preference for this one . It's currently unavailable, but perhaps they could be..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| Bronwen | "How does the Cell Phone flashlight compare to the LED? Have the folks who have been using the microscope found that there are benefits to brighter ..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "And brainstorming low-cost options at https://publiclab.org/questions/warren/12-08-2017/how-cheaply-can-i-get-all-the-parts-of-the-basic-microscope..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "I'm not sure if these stay on when you click them, but we can probably find a similar product that does. I also wonder if we could put a diffuser i..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "Here's a really cheap $1.50 keychain light that we could tape to something: https://www.amazon.com/Favorict-Colorful-Flashlight-Keychain-Batteries..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| stevie | "This post has a lot of information about lighting for this project - some buying options and also a build option https://publiclab.org/notes/partsa..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| kgradow1 | "We've been working with these to take initial photos: https://www.amazon.com/AmScope-PS25W-Microscope-Biological-Education/dp/B009YLNJ4A/ref=sr_1_..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| dcanprdn | "Just search microscope slides at https://www.carolina.com/ or https://www.wardsci.com/ or https://www.flinnsci.com " | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| stevie | "Has anyone tried these? or have other ideas that could work? " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| stevie | "I've been looking into these two lights (here and here), and also heard that a cell phone could work with a holder like this. " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| Bronwen | "Maybe also: type of light source, image size/resolution, any relevant sample treatment/preparation/suspension. This might not be exactly the rubri..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| liz | "Perhaps someone is familiar with the metadata captured by commercial microscopes? Off the top of my head, i'd start brainstorming: date who capt..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago |