Will this work with slides of skin cells or plant cells?
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I haven't tried this, but it may actually work to an extent. The Plugable microscope is not a good option for long term use of this type however. Lighting is not appropriate and focusing would be a pain. You'll need a compound biological microscope, so start saving the pennies. The micro world is amazing, so a decent microscope is a great investment. You won't regret it.
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MANUFACTURER RESPONSE: The biggest issue for this use case is going to be backlighting. The microscope only comes with lights from the lens side, so you would have to set up your own backlight solution. This also wouldn't be good for skin cells, but plant cells are usually large enough to view at this magnification.
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There's no stage nor provision for illumination from below. If you're willing to rig something to address these issues and don't need too high a magnification you could be satisfied. But I don't know exactly what your needs are.
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It works fine for mounted slides, I helped my dad copy several thousand of them. A couple of things to be aware of...different mounting frames will fit differently into the slot, you may need to adjust different frames to display the most image. Of course, you can only do one slide at a time, so the process can be tedious. Consider getting an SD card to load into the scanner so you can store the images on it, leaving you free to display the unit on a tv...this will give you a good image to work with as well as allowing words in the pictures to be more visible thereby insuring you get correct orientation. Finally, get a can of compressed air so you can periodically blow dust out of the scanner...old slides tend to be dirty. Good luck
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Did work with about 700 old cardboard slides I had. No experience with glass slides. The device is a little fragile, and requires patience to fit and use.
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This is a standard microscope. You must mount items on slides. They must be VERY THIN..... a piece of a torn leaf in a drop of water with a coverslip on top would be viewable. Anything larger, no. You would need a dissecting microscope to view something larger like a rock or plant.
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Sorry I can't answer that question as I never used it to scan slides. Everything else scans beautifully, though.
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I have only used this product with 35 mm slides. I doubt that it would work with negatives since the negatives are not mounted as slides are.
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I know it did not scan the old studio portraits I have of my ancesters, taken years ago. The cardboard material of those is not thin enough to pass through the scanner, maybe because it is curved. It may be the same for mounted slides, though I did not try any of my mounted slides. Sorry, that's all the help I can give.
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Glenda - I've a collection of Lantern Slides that I've tried to scan with an Epson 4990 Photo. The resulting images are huge and usable. I've tried to find out from various museums that work with old photos if there is a way to remove the glass, clean the transparency and then wet scan. I've not been successful in finding out. My slides are from the early 1900s in England and I do believe are made with nitrocellulose. Tom r.tom.sizemore@1972.usna.com
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Definitely that is what we use it for bugs, rocks, leaves etc.... The lower powers we actually use much more for that kind of stuff. You could look at large stuff on slides, but not tiny things.
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Actually, you can see DNA if you prepare your sample for it. I am able to see mitotic chromosomes easily using a 40X objective, but that is with special slide prep where you treat cells with hypotonic solution and then spread them on the slide and fix the chromosomes onto the slide. You can also use acetocarmine to stain DNA. But again, it depends on being able to find mitotic cells. You will not be able to really see nice DNA if the cell is not dividing. If you are looking at plant samples you can check the root tips or anthers, but you may need to digest the cell wall.
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Don't know. It doesn't take good images. I bought a scanner. Haven't tried it with slides yet.
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Hey, Joe, there are all kinds of slides included in this. There are insects, spores, and bark. This set contains a great, diverse, collection of slides. I highly recommend it. The only problem we had was that the microscope the kids received was a piece of junk! Make sure you have a nice one! All my best- Sam
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i put my Dad's old slides in this and it scanned to my computer. i haven't tried the 110 film yet but the slides worked great
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Yes i beleive this would work for checking for worms .you might want to order extra slides.
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Yes--after thinking about it I realized that you would have to program the other slides into the microscope. But maybe you could make an improved model with more than one set of slides.
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It's actually advertised as user friendly for mounted, as well as unmounted, slides. That being said, I don't see how you could use it unless you were willing to cut each slide individually.... on top of that they would be loose in the tray lending themselves to the natural curve of the negative, which, if you ask me, would give you a distorted photo.... but, maybe not :)
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It will work, but the slides, either glass or cardboard mounted, qwill NOT fit into the slide holder without removing them from the mounts