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VIDEO
MICROSCOPE
Observation using the manual camera
The upper part of your video microscope (the electronic lens) detaches easily from its base support (fig. 4).
• Even in this case, connect the video microscope to the PC as described on pages 44-45.
• Have fun looking at images of everyday objects (Fig. 5-a-b-c).
• For manual observations, the video microscope must be held in
the hand as shown in the following images, with the wire and the
switch on the opposite side of your hand.
• By simply pressing the button located on the top on the handle you
will be able to capture and save the images of your observations in
your personal library!
fig. 5-a
fig.5-b
delicately place the ring and focus the lens
fig. 5-c
take a picture by pressing the button and ...
grain of sand at 200x
choose the material or the object to observe
... OBSERVE!
Observing the permanent slides
In order to satisfy your desire to try out the microscope, observe the objects on the two slides in your kit that have been
already prepared.
Prepare a “slide” to observe dry objects
Organic dry objects do not need to undergo any kind of preventive treatment, but you should prepare a “frame” to hold them.
Example:
grains of sand, bird feathers, scales of butterfly wings, dust, shells of tiny organisms, etc..
Material
• plastic “slide”
• plastic “slide” coverslip or transparent adhesive plastic
• a pair of (small) scissors
• a pair of tweezers
• glue
• a sheet of rather thick paper
Operation
1
From a sheet of relatively thick drawing
paper, cut out a square of 18 mm X 18 mm
(as big as the coverslip) and fold it along the
diagonal as shown.
2
Cut along the dotted line in order to obtain
a border of about 2 mm, then throw away
the inside portion.
3
Put a little glue on the paper frame
that you have created to make it
adhere to the slide.
4
The object you will observe will be
contained in the box. You will be able
to use this slide a number of times,
or you can glue the top of the paper
frame to secure it to a top slide. The
preparation is therefore in the space
between the slides and the coverslip
in a permanent slide.
As an alternative to permanent microscopic preparations, use
some transparent film:
make sure to avoid the formation of
air bubbles.
ENGLISH
fig. 4
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