Hi Mark, I'd rather hold the iPhone to the lense of your regular microscope instead. Jürgen
...................... Jürgen Bosch Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute 615 North Wolfe Street, W8708 Baltimore, MD 21205 Phone: +1-410-614-4742 Lab: +1-410-614-4894 Fax: +1-410-955-3655 http://web.mac.com/bosch_lab/ On Nov 6, 2011, at 6:08, "Mark J van Raaij" <mjvanra...@cnb.csic.es> wrote: > could this make acceptable pictures of protein crystals? > http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/11/the-extreme-60x-100x-magnifying-microscope-for-your-iphone/ > I imagine holding the phone stable might be difficult - and that crystals may > be too far away from the lens in some types of crystallisation plates. > > Mark J van Raaij > Laboratorio M-4 > Dpto de Estructura de Macromoleculas > Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia - CSIC > c/Darwin 3 > E-28049 Madrid, Spain > tel. (+34) 91 585 4616 > http://www.cnb.csic.es/content/research/macromolecular/mvraaij