{"id":122,"date":"2008-03-17T16:21:29","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T23:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigroom.org\/wordpress\/?p=122"},"modified":"2008-03-17T16:21:29","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T23:21:29","slug":"want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bigroom.org\/wordpress\/?p=122","title":{"rendered":"WANT(?)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Picture<\/a> My parents, apparently comfortable with being microbiology “enablers<\/span>“, ran into a digital microscope (pictured at right) that they pointed me to. It looks pretty nifty for the price, except for one issue: it only comes with three objectives, topping out at 40X. I can find marketing materials for this microscope, but no technical information beyond what’s on the company’s website (click image to reach that). Therefore, I can’t tell if the objectives are replaceable or not. If they are, the idea of picking up an inexpensive surplus 100X oil-immersion lens<\/a> and ending up with a decent microscope with which to watch the Yeast Porn<\/a> and such – on a nice digital screen, no less, rather than squinting into an eyepiece – has a certain appeal to it. The fact that the digital camera takes the pictures itself and only needs a computer connection to transfer files – and not even then if you use an SD card – means that I wouldn’t have to worry about ending up with something that requires Microsoft? Windows? just to look at some microbes (or post glamour shots of them to this blog).<\/p>\n

However, I don’t think trying to view conjugating yeast cells or, say, Lactobacillus<\/em> or Gluconobacter<\/em>\/Acetobacter<\/em> bacterial cells at 400X would be very rewarding, so an oil-immersion lens is a necessity. And don’t let the “up to 1600 Power with Digital Zoom” thing fool you – it just makes the picture bigger and blockier, not actually more detailed.<\/p>\n

So….do I WANT, or not? I sent off an email to Celestron asking about whether I could swap out objective lenses on this model or not. I got back the form “we got your email” email – we’ll see if I get a real reply from them or not. If so, I’ll update this post.<\/p>\n

Speaking of which – still no reply from Bristol Brewing Company. Guess they’re either just not “nerd-friendly”, or the person who handles email queries is on vacation or something.<\/p>\n

P.S. Dear Celestron – if you were to send me an evaluation model, I’d be happy to review it here on my blog for the thousands<\/strike> hundreds<\/strike> dozens<\/strike> pairs of people who read my elegant prose<\/strike> incoherent babbling…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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