Better Microscopy -- the blog

This post extends the prior discussion into the realm of the User's Vision, showing how a proper choice of Eyepiece Magnification is nec...

With this post we shift this Blog into a new dieection – a series examining "lost" historical concepts ("secrets") in th...

The popular Better Microscopy Compendium Edition is now available for download as a set of .pdf files. Previously, this book was an aggre...

The saga of Leitz Heine "Secrets..." continues with this latest release – Part 3. In this Part, we find that the iconic Heine Co...

Part 1 covered technical details of the famous Leitz Heine condenser and its use. Part 2 extends this coverage to show how the Heine can e...

Here, finally, is the long-awaited release of current work on the Leitz Heine condenser. This Part discusses the basics of the condenser and...

With this post we continue the incremental release of content from the 2016 edition of Volume III of the Better Microscopy book series. T...

Note: For the Original post, see Post of Sept. 24, 2017, immediately below ... One of the more significant justifications for developing ...

One incredibly rare bit of microscope technology is the near-legendary Leitz 'Color Heine' phase contrast condenser, shown below, ...

Combining contrast methods In prior posts we described a simple method, "Radial-3D Masking," for microscope image enhancement w...