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09-14-2009, 01:08 PM #1
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09-14-2009, 04:21 PM #2
I have been looking around for a microscope (as the light went out on my Radio Shack model).
Here are a couple I have been looking at:
44320 Celestron Biological Microscope with Digital Camera, 600x Power, Electric Illuminated & USB Interface
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44302 Celestron Handheld Digital Microscope, 10x / 40x / 150x Power, LED Illuminated, with USB Interface.
comments?
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09-14-2009, 04:51 PM #3
I've been pondering the 44302 as well and was thinking about posting a new thread asking about it. Maybe it makes no difference but since this one has a 40x setting, I thought it might work a little easier than the Veho. But then I really don't know much about these scopes.
The 44320 I hadn't looked at. That might be the way to go. You wouldn't have to have a computer to look at the edge but when you wanted to take a picture you could. Plus you'd have a nice steady platform to pull the blade across.
Anyone have experience with these scopes?
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09-14-2009, 04:53 PM #4
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Thanked: 127I have been using the same microscope for a while and it has helped me to verify various stages of the honing process. It seems the closer the head is, to the blade, the better the resolution. I seem to get a really grainy picture as I move the head away and increase the power. Great tool for the money, though I am not sure it would be economical to own unless you were honing a lot. For just a few blades, the Shack version seems to work just fine IMHO.
Ray
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09-14-2009, 05:28 PM #5
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Those microscopes are transmission scopes, used for cellular microscopy and such, and will not show the bevel of a razor. Also, good scopes at this magnification are very, very expensive- the optics in these are likely to be a little wonky. The advantage of the cheapie toy scopes is that they are all reflective, and therefore illuminate from above the objective.
You might look into good stereo dissection scopes, or other scopes that have the light source above the stage.
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09-14-2009, 05:56 PM #6
The 44302 claims
The microscope is ideally suited for examining objects such as coins, stamps, rocks, relics, insects, plants, gems, circuit boards, various materials, skin, and many other objects. Also, you can examine specimen slides at low and high powers.Top and bottom electric illuminationThis was a gift for our son-in-law. He was very happy with it and has already been using it. He uses it to look at bugs, leaves, small flowers, etc.
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09-14-2009, 10:21 PM #7
The "top illumination" is a light pen... you need powerful, diffuse light at 600x +. Something like this.
It might seem ridiculous, but I promise you, this thing is WAY to cheap to work effectively....
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09-14-2009, 11:30 PM #8
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09-14-2009, 10:36 PM #9
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Thanked: 45The 44302 Celestron will do just fine if looking at honing is what you're after. The price is very nice; when I bought my Veho (see first post in this thread), that model was about $80. The Veho goes to 200x, but you can always zoom a photo from the Celestron and should receive similar results; both are 1.3 megapixel.
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09-15-2009, 07:08 AM #10
There's one possible problem that might or might not apply for biological microscopes (I fiddled with one when I was kind. Long time ago) : Light source and direction. Some of those things are designed to be used so that the light comes underneath through the material. I don't think this would work with steel. However, that model does have a electrical illumination above as well, but that means always sticking that pen there for illumination. You can decide if that's a problem.
They look good otherwise