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I was going to lambaste you for being pedantic and having no soul and then I went to an scope and looked at what was available and MAN can you buy a lot of mic
by Damogran6 5y ago
I was going to lambaste you for being pedantic and having no soul and then I went to an scope and looked at what was available and MAN can you buy a lot of microscope for not a lot of money. I’m assuming the quality is there.
It’s a far cry from the prices I recall in the 80’s when I was a teenager. (Well, probably similar, but in 1980’s dollars)
- dekhn 5y agoyes, the amscopes are extremely high quality.
- samstave 5y agoOne of the top things gobbled up during the multiple tech failure times (like the first one in ~2001-ish and ~2008 etc... Was the liqudating of assets from failed companies, and microscopes were abound, and were grabbed up super fast in the asset auctions. I never needed one, but I always regretted not buying one - ~$5,000 scope for $50... That and every Oscilloscope were always bought up fast as heck.
- blululu 5y agoCan confirm. The quality and prices are if AmScope are good and microscopy is a fun hobby. If you just want to build a microscope then build one but IMO using a microscope is a more enjoyable hobby than building one. Also even if you start with a decent microscope there are a lot of interesting diy projects involving focus and lighting and computational imaging.
- freedomben 5y agoWow, that is indeed wild. A fellow student with me in the 80s broke a school microscope and I remember it being such a big deal that lawyers and lawsuits and even threats of violence broke out. I don't remember the dollar figure but I remember thinking you could get a car for a whole lot less than a microscope. I want to say it was 10s of thousands.
- d110af5ccf 5y agoWhat sort of microscope though? A modern confocal microscope setup with something like a 100x oil immersion objective isn't cheap.