microscope tips - Page 2

natmoon · #11 09-13-2007, 11:28 PM

Thats a bit expensive for me seeing as it dont even have a lens but still cool to have a look at if you wanna get serious about microscopes i reckon some kind of usb scope is the way to go.
What about some time lapse bud drying

lol

LoveIt · #12 09-13-2007, 11:33 PM

yeah! lol that's a riot- the other funny thing is that i never thought i could be so well entertained by watching the grass grow until now...

potroast · #13 09-14-2007, 12:38 AM

For looking at trichomes, I've found that microscopes are too much power. A 20 power loop is all I need, and they cost about 20 dollars. I can gaze at the trikes on one bud, and quickly move to several others.

HTH

cloudflyer · #14 09-14-2007, 01:22 AM

LoveIt I know you have seen this before. Someone posted it a bit back and I kept it because it is a great picture. But just in case you dont have it.

nongreenthumb · #15 09-14-2007, 01:28 AM

Using the scope you have can be confusing and hard to get to grips with. I found that out myself. The hardest part with that one is staying steady enough to see something for long enough before you've shot past it. I got the hang of it in the end by just making sure everything was steady.

The problem I found with those are that the little light you get on the end is usually no where near powerful enough to see as well as you would like to.

Then we went over to the inlaws and the mrs was showing me this mini telescope she has, it was about 5 inches long and about half an inch in diameter. The bottom section was mostly glass which let loads of light in from the hps. It was only 30x magnification but I saw 100 times more with this than the 80-100x. The wider view through the scope was very helpful also.

cloudflyer · #16 09-14-2007, 01:40 AM

A while back I bought a real microscope to look at my plants with. 100x-2400x. Once you get to about 300 the heads and the whole trichomb except for a tiny outer clear edge, is black. It weird. Ever since I got it I have been looking at everything. With the one you have, go to 100x and look at a printed picture. Its weird how I can be looking at a picture of something brown but what I see in the microscope is colored dots that look nothing like what they make up.

VirginHarvester · #17 09-14-2007, 12:28 PM

This thread is just what I needed. I'm having trouble using the 60-100x from RS.

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Originally Posted by VictorVIcious

I have a 30x. much easier to use.

Victor, where did you get the 30x?

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Originally Posted by cloudflyer

I use the exact same one. focus on something on the table, then take off the plastic thing on the bottom. Look at your plants and instead of using the focus, pull your head back and forth.

So removing the plastic piece definitely helps? It doesn't by chance expand your field of vision does it?

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Originally Posted by potroast

For looking at trichomes, I've found that microscopes are too much power. A 20 power loop is all I need, and they cost about 20 dollars.

Where to find one of these please?

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Originally Posted by nongreenthumb

Then we went over to the inlaws and the mrs was showing me this mini telescope she has, it was about 5 inches long and about half an inch in diameter. The bottom section was mostly glass which let loads of light in from the hps. It was only 30x magnification but I saw 100 times more with this than the 80-100x. The wider view through the scope was very helpful also.

Any idea what store or type of store carries these?

In all sincerity, if I don't learn how to use the RS scope better I need to find an alternative because I'm serious about wanting to harvest at particular trich development. Some I want to harvest at just all cloudy, some at part amber, maybe even a few branches at all amber. Right now I can't make anything out or it's just too narrow a field of vision for me... And man, you have to be dead steady with the RS scope.

potroast · #18 09-15-2007, 12:59 AM

Most hydro shops sell some loupes, and magnifiers. Or you can find them at optic shops that sell telescopes.

HTH

VictorVIcious · #19 09-15-2007, 07:49 AM

I did a search on line after visiting every store in town I thought might have one. Picked from the list. I ordered two. If your order was over $25.00 shipping was free. VV

HumboldtHunny · #20 09-15-2007, 05:56 PM

I agree the RS can be tough to use, but I simply clip off a piece of one of the smaller leaves on a bud I want to check, then place it on a white piece of paper and focus. I can look to my hearts content. The scope sits flat and everything is "crystal" clear (lol). No problemo, I really don't care about losing a 1/4 inch of one of the bud leafs. GL HH