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Charles Krebs
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Post by Charles Krebs »

Nikon and Olympus have websites with huge amounts of detailed info.

This page is not very detailed or specific to a particular subject, but does address many of the "basic" or "beginner" questions commonly asked about microscopy:

http://www.olympusmicro.com/primer/faq.html

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Post by Craig Gerard »

Charlie,

Good reference. Thanks.

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Post by DanGuy48 »

I believe the Olympus site is probably encompassed in and expanded by this comprehensive site supported by Leica, Zeiss, Nikon and Olympus.

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/index.html

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Post by Harold Gough »

Shouldn't this be moved to the main FAQ's forum?

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Good idea -- done!

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Post by yminter »

For those that like PDF documents, still from Olympus (I found it while looking for a formula for the DOF, which you'll find in "Digital Material Analysis - Fundamental Knowledge - Part 2 - Optical Terminology"):

http://www.microscopy.olympus.eu/micros ... y_7436.htm

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