Lidl Microscope - any good?

[The Night Tripper]

Hi All
Lidl have a 'Bresser Biolux NV Microscope Set' coming up in their
specials next week. I have a mild yen for a semi-decent microscope, and have
occasionally toyed with buying an ex-lab one from eBay etc. But I do realise
that sometimes old items are not the best choice ... and having a USB
eyepiece is tempting. I know people here have recommended the Lidl
binoculars in the the past - anyone with an opinion on their microscopes?

Thanks a lot
jon N

[Alan]

In message <3vCdnUTfjqDGM5_Q...@brightview.co.uk>, The
Night Tripper <jkn...@nicorp.co.uk> wrote

> Lidl have a 'Bresser Biolux NV Microscope Set' coming up in their
>specials next week. I have a mild yen for a semi-decent microscope, and have
>occasionally toyed with buying an ex-lab one from eBay etc. But I do realise
>that sometimes old items are not the best choice ... and having a USB
>eyepiece is tempting.

Isn't the limiting factor the very low resolution web cam that is used
in these USB connected microscopes and not the quality of the optics
etc.?

Do Lidl state the resolution of the web cam used in the eyepiece. If
they don't it's likely to be 100s of k pixel resolution rather than the
1 or 2M pixel resolutions found in the "better specified" very cheap usb
microscopes.

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[Harry Bloomfield]

Alan explained :

It doesn't say so, but other ads for the kit seem to specify 640x480
pixels for the camera.

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[The Night Tripper]

Hi Alan

>
> Isn't the limiting factor the very low resolution web cam that is used
> in these USB connected microscopes and not the quality of the optics
> etc.?
>

Possibly - but this isn't a USB microscope, it's a ('proper') microscope
with a PC/USB eyepiece as an option. As I said, the USB feature is just a
nice extra; I'm mostly interested in the quality of the base optics.

Thanks
J^n

[Dave Plowman (News)]

In article <d5qdnTrAtJXVxJ7Q...@brightview.co.uk>,

The Night Tripper <jkn...@nicorp.co.uk> wrote:
> Possibly - but this isn't a USB microscope, it's a ('proper') microscope
> with a PC/USB eyepiece as an option. As I said, the USB feature is just
> a nice extra; I'm mostly interested in the quality of the base optics.

No experience of the microscope, but in general these sort of special
offers at Lidl are exceptional value.

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