One of the biggest advantages of using a mirrorless camera over a smartphone is access to a range of impressive telephoto zoom lenses – but a Hong Kong company is aiming to give smartphones a massive ...

[A. Cemal Ekin] over on PetaPixel reviewed the Apexel 200X LED Microscope Lens. The relatively inexpensive accessory promises to transform your cell phone camera into a microscope. Of course ...

If you want to take pictures of tiny things close up, you need a macro lens. Or a microscope. [Nicholas Sherlock] thought “Why not both?” He designed a 3D-printed microscope lens adapter that ...

The team used a publicly available design from the website OpenFlexure to produce the microscope's frame, and clear plastic lenses they designed themselves that cost $0.13 / £0.11 AU$0.22 ...

The world’s first fully 3D-printed microscope can be made in a few hours and for a fraction of the cost of traditional ones.

A digital microscope that changes how you inspect, analyze, and document—faster, sharper, and more precise. Curious? Keep ...

No prizes for guessing the first thing you'll need: a microscope. But don't worry if ... Select the lowest power objective lens. Turn the coarse focus knob slowly until you are able to see the ...

The SW200DL has a sturdy metal body, ground glass optics, easy-to-operate mechanical components and lenses that can magnify up to 1000X. This microscope was also comfortable to use and easy to ...

and cost a fraction of the expensive glass lenses traditionally used in powerful microscopes. The team tested the 3D-printed microscope with a blood smear and a tissue sample from a mouse kidney.

in Scotland, working with a colleague from the University of Glasgow, has developed the means for 3D printing a microscope, including the lens, for under ...

Late 1600s – Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek constructed a microscope with a single spherical lens. It magnified up to ×275. 1800s - the optical quality of lenses increased and the ...

This helps users view specimens clearly and evenly illuminated during routine microscope observations. Users can change the magnification from 4X to 100X without moving the top lens on the condenser.