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A microscope is an excellent tool in assessing the quality of your compost or compost tea. The microscopes we have below are comparable to or better than the Leica CME in image resolution, at a fraction of the cost. Our goal is to provide a functional yet inexpensive quality microscope to support microbial based horticulture which we believe is of great benefit to the farmer, landscaper and home gardener. We maintain it to be just as much a tool as a shovel, hoe or lawn mower. Each microscope will also come with a DVD produced by Tim Wilson teaching the use of the microscope, general microscopy and some compost and compost tea observational techniques. You may wish to consider adding the Microscope Identification DVD to your order for additional videos and identification skills.
Small Microscope
Price: $300
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This is a good quality scope and produces images completely adequate to assessing soil and compost (tea) microbes. It is not a full size scope.
Features:
Dual view; monocular and camera port
Eyepieces: 20 mm widefield 10X & 16X
Achromatic Objectives: 10X, 20X, 40X
Mechanical Stage
Coaxial Course & Fine Focus
Metal Gears
Abbe Condenser 1.25 N.A. with swing-out filter holder; rack & pinion adjustment
Lamp; 20 watt halogen; adjustable intensity
1 year warranty
Full Size Microscope
Price: $600
This is a nice heavy microscope with a wide base for stability. The optics are very nice for such an inexpensive scope (superior to the small scope) and the brass gears are a nice bonus. With proper care it should perform for years.
Features:
Trinocular; binocular with camera port; nice inter-pupil adjustment; extra adapters for camera port.
Eyepieces: 20 mm extra widefield 10X & widefield 16X
Achromatic Objectives: 4X, 10X, 20X, 40X
Mechanical Stage (much larger than small scope)
Coaxial Course & Fine Focus; 0.02 mm increments
Brass Gears
Abbe Condenser 1.25 N.A. with swing-out filter holder; rack & pinion adjustment
Lamp; 20 watt halogen; adjustable intensity
2 year warranty
Small and Large Microscopes side by side comparison
Small Microscope Images
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Keep It Simple, Inc.
Compost Tea Brewers and Composts
Office: 425.558.0990 · 1.866.558.0990 · Fax 425.558.3695
12323 180th Ave. NE · Redmond, WA 98052-2212
E-mail:kis@simplici-tea.com · www.simplici-tea.com
Photos Courtesy of Monrovia Nursery