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Best Digital Compound Microscopes 2015 – Top 5 Holiday Shopping Guide

In continuing our “Best Microscopes of 2015 Holiday Shopping Guide,” today, we’re delving into the favorite of those of you who are tech savvy. We’re looking at which are the best digital compound microscopes for your favorite microscope lover in 2015! Don’t by shy, and come on in! We’re covering Omax microscopes, AmScope microscopes, Levenhuk microscopes, National Optical microscopes, and…

Best Digital Handheld Microscopes 2015 – Holiday Shopping Guide

Digital handheld microscopes are a unique and new player in the microscopy field. While they’re not compound microscopes, some can view slides with a degree of detail (although an optical compound microscope is still your best bet when it comes to viewing slides), and they’re also not quite stereo microscopes (although they are intended to view the surface of opaque samples for the most part,…

Levenhuk DTX 500 Mobi 5MP 20x-500x LCD Digital Handheld Microscope

Digital handheld microscopes are becoming ever popular due to their portability and variety of samples that can be viewed with a single microscope. This Levenhuk DTX 500 Mobi is a portable digital handheld microscope with a built-in 3-inch color LCD display, making viewing any sample on the fly a breeze! This digital handheld microscope is capable of magnification values smoothly between 20x and…

15 Answers for Common Microscope Newbie Questions 2015

If you’re new to microscopy, this list is an excellent place to start before you hunt for a microscope. Below we at MicroscopeGenius.com have compiled a list of the 15 questions we are most commonly asked when one who is new to microscopes begins taking an interest and shopping for one. Whether microscope newbie, novice, hobbyist, enthusiast, or professional, be sure to give this a read before…

Top 5 Mistakes When Buying a Microscope

We at MicroscopeGenius.com have spent a great deal of time talking about what you want to have in a microscope, and how to pick one, however, we haven’t spent much time talking about mistakes when buying a microscope that can lead you to lots of headache in returns and repurchases. Here’s your chance to get to know potential pitfalls before we go into the holiday shopping season! Today we’re…

The MicroscopeGenius Store is Officially Open!

As some of you may have noted, MicroscopeGenius.com has officially reimagined our MicroscopeGenius Store, and are now officially open for business! We now have partnered as a dealer with a relative newcomer to the microscope market (but long time heavy in the telescope market), Levenhuk, to carry their microscopes and accessories, and may be adding more in the future, should we locate and…

20x & 40x Halogen Lit Levenhuk 3ST Stereo Microscope

The Levenhuk 3ST stereo microscope is a reliable stereo microscope designed for a well rounded variety of needs. Whether you need a stereo microscope for watch repair, gem inspection, jewelry setting, or coin collecting, this 20x & 40x stereo microscope has you covered. Included are a pair of WF10x (widefield 10x) eyepieces, and a rotating objective (changed by rotating the black cone pointing to…

Box of 50 Blank Slides

These blank slides from are made of high-quality glass, and the utmost attention paid to ensure complete clarity for microscopy use. This box of 50 blank slides also sports smooth, polished edges, providing other advantages–such as reducing glare at the edges of the slide during observation, and minimizing the chance of accidental cuts during preparation. Since blank slides are fairly…

Best Compound Microscopes for Students 2015 – Holiday Shopping Guide

The holiday shopping season is nearly upon is, and as I always recommend if you’re looking into a compound microscope as a gift, be sure you’re getting one of the best compound microscopes for your student. By best, we mean best in quality for a given price point, features, and included goodies–and be sure to order early! The companies with the best compound microscopes always get slammed with…

Levenhuk 64x – 640x Dual Lit Student Compound Microscope Review – Model “2L NG”

Changing gears today, it’s time to start getting ready for the holiday shopping season! Many parents, teachers, and students alike will be looking for a compound microscope to foster their learning and inquisitiveness, and Levenhuk has been kind enough to provide a sample of their most popular unit, the 2L NG, for review! Never fear–to keep my review of this unit objective, the microscope is back…

Omano Compound Microscope Package Review – Model OM118M4-XSP2

Sometimes, you just don’t want to buy bits and pieces to assemble your own starter microscope setup. Sure–the microscope aficionados love to do to it ensure they get exactly what they want, and no more. But, as a busy parent or teacher, when back to school shopping starts happening, each item you can get as a package saves you a great deal of time and, hopefully, money. Omano realized this and…

Calling all microscope enthusiasts! Guest article submissions being accepted!

Hello to you, my fellow microscope enthusiasts! Have you ever wanted to write a review on your microscope or microscope accessories, but didn’t know where to go besides Amazon or your local microscope forum? If so, then you’re exactly what we’re looking for! We here at MicroscopeGenius.com are now accepting guest article submissions for having your own review or article hosted on our site, right…

Microscope Experiment Ideas for Summer Vacation (Part 2 – Food!)

Microscope Experiment Idea: The Food We Eat What’s more interesting to a child (and more useful to teach as a parent!) than about the foods we ingest? Although what you’re able to view may differ depending on what kind of microscope you have, there’s plenty to put under a microscope and show sitting right in your pantry and refrigerator! This type of microscope experiment will help differentiate…

Microscope Experiment Ideas for Summer Vacation (Part 1 – Beach Day!)

Microscope experiment ideas for Summer? Kids learning on their break? Unheard of! At least, back in my day it was–more and more I’m hearing from parents and sometimes children (with parent supervision) that they are interested in scientific inquiry, and want microscope experiment ideas to do together. Well, we’re now sitting here at the beginning of July, and kids are all out for their favorite…

AmScope Stereo Fixed Power Microscope Review – Model “SE400-Z”

This fixed power microscope review goes out to the home hobbyists that just need a little more oomph of magnification than they can get with their loupes. Sometimes there’s a detail on your watch that’s just a little too small for a normal loupe to see–that’s where an AmScope fixed stereo microscope will solve your problem without breaking the bank. Easy to assemble, easy to use, and effective…

AmScope Dual View Microscope Review – Model “D200″

Why use a dual view microscope? Well, there are times when a parent or teacher may want to show their student a specific structure within the field of view when looking at a sample under a microscope–such as a cell wall, or a bacterium. Doing this can be difficult, as the student doesn’t know what to look for–it isn’t highlighted or pointed out to them. Some units come with pointers in the…

Stay tuned folks… the Microscope Genius is officially back!

Hello again my valued microscope lovers! I’m really, really sorry I haven’t updated you in so long! Things have just been incredibly hectic–but never fear, I will never leave you in the dark and without an update for eternity! All comments left have been responded to as well, so if you left me a message, please check and see if I can still help out with your microscope needs! :)

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