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How To Take Photos Through A Microscope and Pictures Of Microscope Slides? Microscopy cameras have evolved drastically over the years and can now easily take photos of microscope slides or whatever you are inspecting. They now have smaller, faster sensors, offer a range of megapixel options and have improved software capabilities with options for image capture, live video and measurement features, …

What Objective Magnification Should I Start With? An important point to understand when working with compound microscopes and their objective lenses is that the field of view changes as the magnification changes. Typically a lower magnification objective lens will have a larger field of view, and a higher magnification objective lens will have a smaller field of view. For more information on how m …

What are the Different Microscope Types and Their Uses? There are a number of different types of microscopes and each of them solves unique problems. Below you will find information on the five different microscope types along with the applications for each microscope and just who might use each instrument. Below each description of the microscope and its use is an image that was captured using th …

Simplify Small Particle Measurement Using A C-Mount Adapter It is possible to use a microscope c-mount adapter with no formatting lens in order to increase digital measuring capabilities. As you may have read in some of our other posts, a microscope camera connects to the microscope via a c-mount adapter. The c-mount adapter is specific to the microscope - this means you can not mix and match c-mo …