Can you use it to view cells clearly?
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It depends how clear you are looking to see. It is definitely a toy, not meant for serious chemists. To give you an example my 6 year old daughter put a strand of hair under the scope, and yes it magnifies it, but not enough to make the strand of hair look like anything other than a strand of hair. The lowest magnification is the only one that we were able to focus with. Its a great toy, perfect for my little one.
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I don't know how well that would work, I have not tried that. I use it at my sewing table. While it works very well for that, I can offer no advice on how well you could view a screen. For sewing, I have used it to thread needles and read needle sizes. I estimate I hold objects a few inches from the glass, with the glass maybe twice the distance from my eyes. However, as everybody has different vision needs your experience may differ.
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Yes. My aunt uses it to see the words and notes in her hymnbook. I use my also for reading the prescription directions on my medicine bottles.
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Yes, I routinely do that, and is the reason I bought the scope. I prepare dispersions of micronized materials for some of my products. My scope came with a calibration slide that has a metallized 50 scale. The human red blood cell is around 7 in diameter and are easily resolved at 1000 X. Measurements can be done using that scale calibration with the software, to about the accuracy of a good eyepiece micrometer. How accurate? That depends on the operator. There are more accurate ways of measuring particle size, such as laser scattering, but for routine characterization of industrial materials, the microscope software is adequate. The 2,500X magnification is not available for the camera, but that image is around the diffraction limit for a 1 particle, anyway, and not much good.
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You will be able to see through it to a certain extent - not real clear, but you will see shapes and colors etc.
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No. There is a slight magnification that helps with making text / images clear. Sort-of like reading glasses, but not quite as extreme. I have 20/20 vision, and can use them just fine.
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Not easily because you would need a light box underneath to illuminate the slide as standard microscopes have lights underneath. The Zoomy lights from the top to illuminate the object being viewed but not underneath.
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I do not think that self evaluation of your blood is a viable use of this or any commercial microscope. High powered electron microscope would be an option but proper evaluation must be done by a properly trained lab technician.
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Possibly but I would recommend a microscope with at least 60X. You can also find ones for a few more dollars that have LED and UV lighting.
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No. The quality of what you can see is great though. The screen is large and very clear.
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No, you would need a stereo (also called dissecting) microscope to view solid objects.
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Yes you can use the view finder. Though I find it easier to use the screen.
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For all practical purposes no, the screen works really well. You can identify the type of software running (excel, doc, ppt, movie, etc.) but you cannot make out anything that is actually on the screen such as what is written or being watched. I really like the screen after I modified it to fit my display. I did not use the sticky tabs included but cut it to size and it fits great.
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I have not actually done this and I work in a steel mill and know what you are looking for , so as long as your sample is properly prepared I don't think you should have a problem. The microscope is capable of the magnification range and the screen resolution is good enough however I think you will need to use an alternative light source, the light above the stage isn't great. Also your sample is going to have to be relatively thin to insure that you have the room to focus.
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A gemstone? I don't really think so unless you are cutting a microslide of a mineral ore, for that kind of augmented view you should use a Stereoscopic Microscope :)
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Yes you can. But that won't help. You still won't see a clear image. Much too blurry to make out any picture. Horrible quality. I wouldn't purchase this if I were you...
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A real microscope has an ocular 10x and would not benefit from 180 degree view. Your best method of achieving digital microscopy is using a c clamp adaptor.