Re: Quality of imported microscopes?

From: Michael A. Covington (look_at_ai.uga.edu.for.address)
Date: 10/03/04 

Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 19:52:34 -0400

Aaron, thanks for responding to Earl.

I should add that I am a very experienced telescope user. Most telescope
images look much worse than most microscope images :) The microscope is
primarily for my daughter, who is studying scientific illustration. I might
also use it for examining film.

We already have, from years back, a microscope that was one of Nikon's best
in the 1960s, with planachromat objectives and compensating eyepieces. I am
wondering how much of a step down it would be to add an imported stereo
microscope to the toolkit. Does the lower power make it less critical? Or
will edge-of-field problems be all the more evident? 

-- 
Clear skies,
Michael A. Covington
Author, Astrophotography for the Amateur
www.covingtoninnovations.com/astromenu.html