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faq-community-microscope
faq-community-microscope


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Bronwen "Which webcam are you using? If you're using one of the USB webcams (basic or upgrade), you might want to check that everything is still level-- no..." | Read more » over 4 years ago
MaggPi "As discussed above , effective image magnification can be determined by image scaling against a known reference. This is also sometimes referred ..." | Read more » about 5 years ago
cfastie "Magnification in this context is the relationship between the size of an object and the size of an image of that object. Assuming the hatch marks..." | Read more » about 5 years ago
Bronwen "That's a good point, Chris. People ask us what the magnification of our microscope is, and what we're able to tell them are the dimensions of the f..." | Read more » about 5 years ago
cfastie "It might be that the first step is to define the term magnification. What is it exactly you want to know? Chris " | Read more » about 5 years ago
dynamic_daksh "Nice Question " | Read more » about 5 years ago
liz "Looks like the Public Lab Store offers the microscope stage calibration slide as an Add-On. If you overlay your sample on this very small ruler, yo..." | Read more » over 5 years ago
Bronwen "Maybe also: type of light source, image size/resolution, any relevant sample treatment/preparation/suspension. This might not be exactly the rubri..." | Read more » almost 6 years ago
liz "Perhaps someone is familiar with the metadata captured by commercial microscopes? Off the top of my head, i'd start brainstorming: date who capt..." | Read more » almost 6 years ago