I now have two microscopes. I started with the Apex Practitioner – the type you get in high school classrooms. I now have a Swift SW350T, which is a research grade.
Apex Practitioner Microscope
Has as standard RMS thread objectives and wide field eyepieces.
Objectives x4, x10, and x40 with eyepieces x10 and x20 giving a magnification range of x40 to x800.
LED illumination with focussing Abbe condenser with iris diaphragm. Coaxial coarse and fine focus controls
Full Mechanical stage with drop down coaxial controls and double vernier scales.
Approx £125
Bresser Full HD (1080p) USB 2.0 Microscope Telescope camera with various adapters
A powerful Full HD eyepiece camera for telescopes and microscopes with a resolution of 1920 x 1080px. You can create images and videos of your examinations in great quality.
The sensitive and high-resolution C-MOS sensor enables razor sharp images with a pixel size of 3×3 µm. Via USB 2.0 the camera is connected to the computer.
Videos are recorded in avi format and images in jpg, bmp, tif, png formats.
Dimensions: 27x27x40 mm / Weight: 31.8 g;
Power supply via the included usb-cable
Scope of delivery: camera module including dust cover; USB cable; software CD; adapter 30 mm, 30.5mm, 31.7mm (31.7mm with locking screw)
Approx £55
Laptop: HP Spectre
My latest microscope and camera
My latest microscope is a SWIFT Microscope Compound Trinocular SW350T. It is a bit more powerful, it is trinocular, so I can look down both eyepieces and have a camera attached to film or take photographs.
Research-Grade for Lab, 40X-2500X Magnification, with Wide-Field 10X, 25X Eyepieces, Siedentopf Head, Camera-Compatible, Mechanical Stage, Abbe Condenser. RRP £250
I use a camera with it – the SWIFT EP5R, 5MP Eyepiece Camera for Microscope Colour Photography and Video, Windows and Mac Compatible. RRP £79
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