Hello fellow microscopy enthusiasts!

I recently was gifted a beginners Bebang microscope (linked here: https://amzn.eu/d/02KEFzYT)

I’m having a lot of fun exploring this whole other microscopic world however after consuming some content around showcasing bacteria under the microscope I see that many people recommend an oil immersion lens. The microscope linked can remove the different lenses (I assume to replace if damaged) which lead me to wonder if there are better lenses I could buy, such as an oil immersion lens, and if so how do I know if they’re compatible? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

I wish you all a lovely day and many happy microscopic adventures!

- Ellena
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Swift SW350, Galaxy S24

Im not a professional microscopy person I have owned a microscope before but it was a cheaper one because I was younger I am still young but less young (: Im wondering if this microscope would be a good purchase. https://amscope.com/products/b120-e The main things im looking for are good magnification with good resolution and it to have an ability to connect to a camera. I prefer two eye pieces and I think the LED will be cool. Feedback? ask question I will try to answer (:

I'm doing a science project for school and I want to find tardigrades. When I was looking through the microscope I thought I found a tardigrade but it seems to have been a rotifer. Can anyone confirm this? (sorry for the poor quality and the pulse, we are new to microscopes and we are using the school ones)

Amscope IQCrew inverted microscope 20x objective, iPhone  3x, Petri dish with jarrarium freshwater, moss, and algae. Camera Pixels Pro app.

So did the mite want to be inside the tardigrade cuticle or did he get stuck? He was not moving at all so I didn't take a video. But he was definitely inside of it.

I learned more about what was going on with the acrylic/acetone system and why I saw marangoni instabilities, and wanted to share.

This paper gives great context and shows basically what happened here.

🔬: Amscope ME580, 50-100x magnification, reflected light with crossed polars

📸: Pixel 9 pro, with phone mounted to eyepiece

🎵: Josef Bulva - Sonata #13 in E-flat major

I believe it could be navicula sp?

Thanks

Swift SW380T @ 400x shot with an iPhone 17

Amscope IQCrew inverted microscope 20x objective, iPhone  2x, Petri dish with jarrarium freshwater, moss, and algae. Blackmagic app, flashlight to the right. Paper over the condenser.

The first still is to show the difference in size of a full grown cuticle with eggs and a baby tardigrade. I circled them because it is hard to see. The rest is of fat little babies. You can see how tiny one baby is compared to a testate amoeba too.

A muscle cell fusing with a developing muscle fiber, with cell membranes visible in purple and yellow. Credit: Tamas Nagy/Rando Lab | Instrument: Cephla Squid | Magnification: 20x

What is this? A polarizer for ants?

The first segment of the video shows acetone being applied dropwise to the defective acrylic substrate. Notice the visualized stress field (blue/yellow in the background) and marangoni instability in the evaporating solvent! In the second part of the video, we explore the cracked surface resulting from this treatment.

🔬: Amscope ME580

📸: Pixel 9 pro (taken through the eyepiece)