Please advise me on a lightweight field microscope. I have a BRESSER Biolux NV 20x-1280x, it is very bulky and a bit heavy for me. Saw online Bresser Science XPD-101, probably good, but the price is very high. I would like something up to 200 dollars. Are there any variants of not expensive field microscope?
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What do you use it for? If just for observing small things in the field, there are many fairly cheap options; if you need a lighted stage with a steady base for dissections, that is a different matter, and much more expensive.
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Just for amateur observation of small animals and protozoa from puddles, rivers and other bodies of water. I use a DSLR camera with a macro lens, and another +16 diopter lens, I get a magnification of about 3:1 and also a flash. But this is often not enough, and also, as I understand it, you need lighting from below, like in a microscope, for a more accurate identification of organisms. I’m looking for options to expand my observation arsenal.
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