New microscope - advice wanted

Re: New microscope - advice wanted

Bob Russell — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 15:13:30 GMT

We have had a Motic in the consulting room for years. Takes all the knocks.

I have a Zeiss at my desk for anything posh!

Re: New microscope - advice wanted

Gillian Mostyn — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 14:40:44 GMT

Thanks all! New one ordered (A Motic from Burtons).

Re: New microscope - advice wanted

Mark Hedberg — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 13:43:55 GMT

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It is simply for the routine day-to day stuff of small animal practice. We've never had a camera attachment...... we've had no reason to think we need one but am thinking about it.... do people find it is useful.....???

Thanking you muchly....

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Holding a smartphone over the eyepiece and clicking a picture takes a perfectly excellent picture; in fact some really cheap aftermarket camera setups are simply a frame you attach to your microscope so an iPhone will fit! Wouldn't worry about a camera microscope.

Cheers,
Mark

Re: New microscope - advice wanted

Michael Woodhouse — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 13:40:39 GMT

We have something like this from ebay:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-UK-2MP-Celestron-Imager-For-A-Microscope-USB-44421-Camera-Still-Photo-Video-/301049970683?pt=UK_Collectables_Scientific_MJ&hash=item4617f9fffb

Far cheaper than a proper adaptor. I keep thinking a little screen in the consult room would be nice to show people their bugs etc....

Re: New microscope - advice wanted

Martin Atkinson — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 13:21:15 GMT

Go to Vet Direct, no more than a few hundred pounds. We've had a cheap Russian model for years and that's just the nurse (sorry joking). Perfectly adequate for looking for bugs, cytology and examining blood smears but no camera, would be nice but hardly essential unless you're teaching and doing dozens a day, bit like digital X-ray really IMO!