Am I able to view red blood cells with this microscope? And viruses?
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Viruses can only been seen with an electron microscope, but you will be able to see plant and animal cells, which include blood cells.
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My son's son has this microscope and at this point I cannot answer this question...It is one of the better Microscopes out there...
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I do not think that self evaluation of your blood is a viable use of this or any commercial microscope. High powered electron microscope would be an option but proper evaluation must be done by a properly trained lab technician.
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The field on this microscope in bottom lit. So you can see anything that the light can shine through. It will also illuminate small insects, their wings, legs etc. Quite alot of the body of the insects are translucent, so you can see inside the bodies etc. I have also looked at blood samples (my own) and it shows the blood cells, and white cells and other scary little critters swimming around in there. I had a microsocpe i gave to my grandaughter that also had a light that shinned from above. This would be nice to have on this one, but does not. with a top light you could look at objects that the light will not shine through. I especially like the camera/computer hookup. I hook it to a 32 inch tv and it gives a great picture of the object and you can take moving videos of little critters, like in pond water, or even small blood samples. the camera and software came with the scope i bought. this scope has four lenses. i use the lowest and next highest the most. that is the .4 and the 10 (which are then magnified by the optical by which ever lens you put in. this scope came with two options. The third lens is a 40, i have a little trouble focusing with this one, you have to get really close to the object, so make sure you use a cover on the slide over the object so you don't get stuff on the lens. And the fourth lens is oil emersion, a small bottle of oil comes with the scope. I think if i where doing it again i would try to find one that is both bottom and top lit. Not sure how that effects the price. Over all very happy with the quality of the scope, I would give it a 9.5 on a scale of 10. Have fun.
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I found it comparable in clarity to the same magnification in the microscopes at our University's labs. I observed motile bacilli & cocci in a droplet of yogurt the first time I tried it out, and the focus was quite clear. I don't think the visual field is quite as large as larger microscopes (like the ones in the lab) but it's not really noticeable.
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I haven't tried this, but it may actually work to an extent. The Plugable microscope is not a good option for long term use of this type however. Lighting is not appropriate and focusing would be a pain. You'll need a compound biological microscope, so start saving the pennies. The micro world is amazing, so a decent microscope is a great investment. You won't regret it.
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This is not a microscope it is a microscope CAMERA. So powe depend on the scope it is on. I found that the clearest images were at magnifications of 250 and below.
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Yes, but you will probably want to use a different driver. This one is chinese and shows it. It's VERY slow in recognizing the device, taking up to 3 minutes some times. Makes you think the device is broken. You can use VideoLans (and many other) excellent (and free) all purpose AV tool to view and record the images through this microscope. You will need to put the time and effort of reading the documentation for Videolan, but it's worth your time.
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You must connect any camera through the third port(camera port) with an adapter from Amscope that mates to your camera by taking the lens off and bayonetting the adapter on the camera, the other end mates on the third port of the microscope. The resolution of the image is not as good as with regular pictures.
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Yes. I can easily see organisms that are much smaller like bacteria and yeast. Observing soil organisms will be easy :)
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you can view it on a monitor phone or computer. we use a monitor to keep an eye on the areas but you can also set it up on your phone
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Victoria -The microscope is just a microscope, but you can purchase from OMAX or others, a digital camera that attaches to the microscope and then connect the camera to your computer. some cameras software is only for Microsoft pcs but others will work on Mac and Microsoft platforms. read the specs carefully as there are a lot of choices for cameras that will work for you depending how much you are willing to pay.
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I use mine for blood analysis, It is an amazing scope. I have hooked it up to my Daughters MAC and it works great. It comes with everything as far as lenses. You will need to order slides and dyes if you need them as well. If you have any more questions let me know
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The tint is heavy, if the hydrometer is a lit display (glowy numbers) then I'd believe you'd be able to see it. Otherwise you'd have to turn on the internal light if you hope to see a non lit display, at the right angle I believe you could read it but it may take some finessing to make work
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yes you can, the readouts are very bright digital in yellow, red and green and large. I love this pulse ox, and the price was great.
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Yes, I routinely do that, and is the reason I bought the scope. I prepare dispersions of micronized materials for some of my products. My scope came with a calibration slide that has a metallized 50 scale. The human red blood cell is around 7 in diameter and are easily resolved at 1000 X. Measurements can be done using that scale calibration with the software, to about the accuracy of a good eyepiece micrometer. How accurate? That depends on the operator. There are more accurate ways of measuring particle size, such as laser scattering, but for routine characterization of industrial materials, the microscope software is adequate. The 2,500X magnification is not available for the camera, but that image is around the diffraction limit for a 1 particle, anyway, and not much good.
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Viewing a rock or plant? you will need a stereoscope for that. But if you have to slice it thinly, it has to be between 3 to 5 micrometers to make that happen. if it is thicker, there will be not much optical clarity, cells will be overlapping. Good luck to you my friend.