Re: Would like advice on microscope purchase
From: Gordon Couger (gcouger_at_NOSPAMprovalue.net)
Date: 09/14/04
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 19:51:59 -0500
"John Beckwith" <windspinner@frontiernet.net> wrote in message
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> I have enjoyed lurking in this group for sometime and now would like some
> advice/opinions on a microscope purchase.
>
> Let me start by saying that I have always been interested in microbiology
> and have used a microscope in my younger years. I was a camera
> repairman and aquired enough pieces to fix up an older Zeiss scope.
> Unfortunately having objectives from 3 different makers and some missing
> parts made the experience unsatisfactory and I sold it for parts.
>
> Now I am in mid 50's and have built a pond in the backyard. I want a
> scope to explore life in the pond, the backyard and around the house. I
> will never be a professional. I just want to spend some time in my golden
> years exploring the world around me. I want a scope that is optically
> good. I can't spend a great deal - this is a hobby. I don't care about
> bells and whistles but would like to use a digital camera on it at some
> point. I am a miniature/model maker and can fabricate illuminators,
> adapters etc. so that is no problem.
>
> I need advice on the scope but also the dealer. If no one can give
> positive feedback on a dealer then I will be very cautious.
>
> I have looked at:
>
> Mel Sobel A B&L dynoptic at $400
> Steindorff monocular at $189
> Tiyoda monocular at $299.
> The Tiyoda looks like a good scope. Are accessories still available?
>
> Optics Planet New Lomo Multiscope at $500
>
> Nightingale B&L Balplan flat field at $435
>
> I realize these are not high end instruments but they are what I can
> afford, enjoy looking and not wreck my budjet.
>
> Any opinions welcome. Perhaps I've overlooked a better choice?
>
John,
I have a page where a number of people discuss the pros and cons of used
microscopes and I discuss the way I deal with ebay.
http://www.couger.com/microscope/links/gcnewbuy.html I tend to stay with
Leitz, Zeiss and AO Spenser scopes from the 50's to the 70's. Any of the
scopes you are looking at will do a decent job. The monocular are generaly a
lot better buys from dealers than binocular scopes. If photography is not a
major concern and band name scope with any good optics will do the job. The
eyepices of the later model scopes are the biggest improvements.
A great deal depends on how serious you want to get with this as a hobby. If
you take it seriously a modular scope such as a Leitz Ortholux, Leitz
Orthoplan, Zeiss WT or Universal, or Reichert Zeotopan come to mind.
-- Gordon Gordon Couger I collect links on information related to light microscopes. http://www.couger.com/microscope/links/gclinks.html Please forward any links or information you think might be useful to others. Microscope Manual at www.science-info.org
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