by Stan Horaczek / photograph by Brian Klutch123GOODSA SHARP PAIR OF EYES CAN PROBABLY SPOT SOMETHING AS
wee as a paramecium swimming in a petri dish. Anything tinier requires
the optical assist of lenses refracting light toward your peepers, making
the itty-bitty look big. These microscopes offer increasingly powerful
optics, giving you a towering perspective on hidden realms.HEREGLIMPSE
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Up to 90x
Get a tight look at objects like
gemstones and insects with the
Omax Trinocular Stereo Zoom
microscope. Two halogen lights
provide plenty of illumination,
and a mammoth 2.3-inch-wide
viewing area ensures you’ll catch
every detail. It’s just the thing for
making jewelry, repairing old
watches, or working on Lilliputian
electronic components.2
Up to 230x
Forget squinting through an eye-
piece and fiddling with a focusing
knob. The Dino-Lite Premier 5MP
USB microscope turns your com-
puter screen into a high- resolution
viewfinder. To get a closer look,
simply move the scope toward
whatever you’re looking at. You
can snap pictures, shoot video,
and annotate the images with a
keystroke on your laptop.3
Up to 1,000x
Few things will escape your
notice with the Amscope Plan
Infinity Compound microscope.
The five primary lenses and 10x
eyepiece on this laboratory- grade
instrument offer a maximum
zoom of 1,000x. That kind of
oomph can bring details as little
as 0.007 inch into view, allowing
you to peer into cells and see the
building blocks of life.36 FALL 2019 • POPSCI.COM