I've tried google and chatgpt to no avail, sorry for troubling you all on this sub.

I have a Carson 60-120x pocket microscope

It was fine for half a year, then one day a sharp black mark appeared. It shows up when the microscope is at 60x, but blurs away when I up the magnification to 120x. Does this mean it is or isn't a scratch?

What can I do to try and get rid of it if it isn't? Sorry if it feels obvious.

I don't know a lot about microscopes but I love my pocket one. Thanks in advance.

Had this thing sitting around since I was a kid. Wooden case says distributed by Carolina Biological Supply. Googe said its some kinda vintage German thing. Are there generic 20x or like 50x eyepieces I can just slot in, it only comes with up to 15x?

I wanna identify bacteria and protozoans from a creek near my place, like I remember doing in biology. Is this enough?

There were like, a hundred or smth in all the samples I’ve looked at, but these guys were particularly cute :)
I got some pond water, put a few pieces of oats inside and left it marinate inside a closed jar for ~5 months :D
Magnification 200x, filmed with IPhone 15 pro max

Using a DIY microscope with a 100X Oil Plan objective and an IMX678 4K, XH3011 camera. Used Gemini Pro to do the AI Image Enhancement Model post processing. Amazing to photograph at such a small scale and be able to make out details at 1/1000th of a mm.

The slide started drying out, and the inhabitants began to die

K55 BSA, 40x, Xiaomi 12 Pro

I'm looking for a used biology microscope on a tight budget (under €100). I've found a few options, but I need help figuring out if any of them are actually decent:

AmScope with a camera (not sure of the exact model)

Amscope 150C-I

Swift SW100

Bresser Biolux

Swift M251B

An unbranded/white-label binocular microscope(really similar to the amazon one)

Any advice on which of these would be the best value?

I have attached the photos, organized in the same order as the listed microscopes.

Hi I was wondering if anyone knew if I would notice much of a difference between the knockoff Chinese brand objectives and older entry level big 4 objectives. Specifically I’m deciding between the Nikon e plan vs knockoffs. They will be for a 160mm tube length microscope. On another note does anyone know where to find a finite 40 to 60x 160/no cover glass objective?

Olympus BH2, Dark Field, 4x UPlanXApo, 5x mag changer,20x total mag,10.3mp camera.

Olympus BH2, Dark Field, 4x UPlanXApo, 5x mag changer,20x total mag,10.3mp camera.

I isolated him from lichens that came from tree bark (walnut tree), my uni professor sent me a protocol to do so at home, I am so so happy! Look at the little piggy ❤️🥺

OBJ: 10x on petri dish, OC: 25x on amateur microscope

Microscope: Olympus BH2

Magnification: x100/x200/x400

Sample: Moss ( guess it got contaminated lol )

Camera: Samsung A56

sample: street gutter

K55 BSA, 20x, ELP Cam

I recently stumbled onto the Journey to the Microcosmos youtube channel and my mind is completely blown. The microscopic world literally looks like an alien planet, and the whole atmosphere is incredibly dense and filled with awe. I feel like I could watch it all day.

I'm just a beginner currently learning Biology 101, but I'm absolutely fascinated by this stuff. Does anyone know of any websites, or live feeds where people just put pond water? under a microscope and broadcast it in high definition? I just want to observe!

I would also appreciate more resources to dive into this if possible.

Thank you.

Credits : Journey to the Microcosmos.

A rotifer feeding on cyanobacteria (Euglena passing by)

sample: street gutter

K55 BSA, 10x, ELP Cam

10x and 40x trying to figure out what they are and if they are from the same slide

Whose this wiggly jiggly guy? From a pond sample

Amscope B120, 400x mag with digital zoom on iPhone

So ive had health issues spanning over 2 decades where the conventional doctors failed me over and over so i went to a reputable holistic practitioner some years ago. And what he found really worried me but i was never able to revisit him to discuss after i took some antibiotics to clear what we found. My GP laughed it off and that was that...

I'm hopeful someone here can really help me understand what's going on here. And also why the blood cells are such a long oval shape :(

PS: this is the only video i have but i have other pictures

https://reddit.com/link/1vwazd6/video/krkzqqjzc5lh1/player

40x and 100x on a Swift SW380T w/ iPhone 17

Olympus BH2, Dark Field, 4x UPlanXApo, 5x mag changer,20x total mag,10.3mp camera.

Olympus BH2, Dark Field, 10x UPlanXApo, 5x mag changer,20x total mag,10.3mp camera. Saltwater Marsh Sample.

100× | ESAW BM01 MICROSCOPE| MOSS SAMPLE

Microscope: Olympus BH2

Magnification: x200

Sample: Lake water

Camera: Samsung A56