[ccp4bb] Choice of stereomicroscope

2015-03-27 Thread Ronnie Berntsson
Dear all, I’m currently looking in to buying a new microscope for viewing crystal plates, mounting crystals etc, and would love some input into what I should get. What I would like is a microscope that has a high quality image, that is easy to work with and which is ergonomical. It does not

Re: [ccp4bb] Choice of stereomicroscope

2015-03-27 Thread Patrick Shaw Stewart
Ronnie I see a lot of cheap and expensive microscopes, and I notice that expensive is not always better for protein crystallization. Almost the most important thing is that illumination comes from *one particular direction*. Often this means that the light source is small and far from the