Microphotography

a b c e g h i j l m n p s v x a anisotropicˌanʌɪsəˈtrəʊpɪk – adjective. A material that has physical properties which have different magnitudes in different directions. Of a property: varying with direction. Opposite to isotropic. This is the property that makes...

Camera PortsBoth of my microscopes are "trinocular" or three-eyed. There are two eyepieces, which is less of a strain on the eyes than looking for a long time through a single eyepiece, and the third eye is the Camera Port, that you can see protruding straight up from...

I literally got two microscopes within a week of each other as I set myself up to dive into the microcosm. The first was a Compound Microscope, which is probably the type that you've seen more often. Compound microscopes require the specimen to be transparent to a...