teodor
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My water study (and this is mostly about microscopes)
Some time ago there were couple of discussions here about choosing of a microscope. So, I believe the topic causes some interest here.
Last few months we are (together with my wife) spending quite some time studying the water we are surrounded by - ponds, lakes, channels. It's not
only about its chemistry but also about various microorgamisms living there and their ecosystems (which is again, depends on chemistry).
We have started to capture some microscopic live scenes on the video. Probably it would be interesting to see them for people who also make their
first steps with microscopes. So, you can find our youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@meontube290
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Sulaiman
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only just noticed this post...
I've owned a couple of cheap microscopes,
had a friend who operated an electron microscope that I'd often join,
and wanted a 'good' microscope for decades.
I decided that it's too big of a rabbit hole to enter,
so I love to see the efforts of others
Nice work !
Going back to YT to watch some more now.....
CAUTION : Hobby Chemist, not Professional or even Amateur
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teodor
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Oh, thanks Sulaiman!
I plan to continue with uploading of the videos after finishing my relocation to a new house (and 80% of the efforts is to relocate and setup my
chemical lab, anyone here can imagine the process).
You are right, one way to keep the interest is to regularly upgrade the equipment. But it could be not only about the microscope itself but also about
sample preparations, staining etc.
My favorite niche now is to observe living organisms and this is not that people usually do with their microscopes. For that you need an inverted
microscope and some special contrast techniques - the cheapest one is the phase contrast. You can buy used Zeiss on ebay for less than 30% of the
price of new one or even 15% if you are lucky, so comparing with the result you get it could be not so expensive but requires some knowledge of the
microscopic equipment. The benefits is that with the inverted microscope/phase contrast you don't need to prepare samples at all, so I would say it is
ideal for busy people, unlike other microscope techniques.
In future I hope to connect my microscopic observations with chemistry experiments but I don't have a precise idea yet except to do experiments with
luminiscence.
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