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Micscape Magazine Article Library: thousands of articles from previous issues of Micscape Magazine. Informative and aimed squarely at the enthusiast microscopist.

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Micscape
Monthly
Magazine

(Latest Issue)

Micscape, our monthly ISBN registered magazine with over 150 authors. Admired worldwide.

Microscope Catalogue

Microscope Shop
(quality scopes, low prices) 

Our trusted online shop now run by Brunel Microscopes in the UK can provide everything.

 Introductions to Microscopy
(New..? Start here!)

How to buy a microscope. How to use it. What to look at. Our introduction will show you all!

 School Biology (Essential help with typical examples)

Concise section detailing prime topics in school biology up to 17 year old level. Images and text.


Micscape
Article Library
(Every Article)

Every article ever published. Nearly 2000 articles, 10000's of images. Massive!

 Microscopy Training
(tailored to the enthusiast)

Improve your microscopy skills with a low price microscopy course in the UK.

Microcroscopy
Primer 
(Frithjof Sterrenburg)

Detailed and comprehensive primer article on handling and setting up a microscope with illumination.

 Micro-organisms in Ponds
(Wim Egmond)

Introduction to the microscopic organisms you can find in a freshwater pond. Comprehensive guide!

The
Micropolitan Museum

(Stylish, immortal)

A stunning and comprehensive independent resource by Wim van Egmond in Holland.

Accessories
Catalogue


 
Accessories Shop
(books, stains, kits, etc.)

Already own a microscope but need accessories? Get them on line here. Books, lenses, kits, stains, ringing tables, mountants, and more!

 Pond Life Identification Kit (Know those critters
by Wim van Egmond)

Pond Life: the most rewarding topic in microscopy. Learn how to identify what's in your pond. Is it a rotifer, a desmid, a new species?

 Pond Dip
(Take a virtual dip in our virtual pond)

One of the most amazing resources on the web by the talented Wim van Egmond. Point in the pond at a critter and see it come to life!

The Fact Files
(provided by Brunel Microscopes)

Detailed tutorials and help on using microscopes, photographing & filming microscopic life: very detailed!

 Subscribe to Micscape Magazine

Why not take out a small subscription to Micscape and get the whole magazine downloaded to your pc once a month.

 Microscopy Clubs
(UK & International)

What better way to get involved with enthusiast microscopy than joining a club. Here they are. Join one today!    Microtomes, slides, microscopes,
accessories from our sponsor's secure site and trusted service.
Everything you need is
right here!

 Movies
(videos of life under the microscope)
 

Video and mpeg film of cells, pond-life, insects, and more to view online. Fascinating & informative.

Microscopy Forums
(post your questions)

Got a question? Wish to talk to other like-minded people? Join a microscopy forum and grow your knowledge together with other microscopists

 Microscope for the PC

Virtual microscope software to run on your PC. Now works with Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows 2000. Hundreds of slides, video, animations, to teach you eveything about the small-scale world. Award winning software.

more details here!

               

Photography, video, and software

Best Image Galleries & Collections

Discoveries and Research Subjects

Communities, Club web sites, Notices

 Digital camera adaptors
(digital snaps)

Digital cameras for the microscope! Get an adaptor for your camera here and start recording what you find and see!

 SEM images
by
Dennis Kunkel USA

The Scanning Electron Microscope can magnify housands of times. Dennis produces the finest images using a SEM. Visit his site!

The Lice Program (Head lice epidemic: the solution) 

Around the world, Head Lice have gained control - now infesting more children and people daily. A super-louse is loose! This program provides an effective safe remedy!

Mikrobiologische Vereinigung München e.V.
German Club Site
German Language only.

 Manchester Society
UK

Web Site of club in Manchester - UK.

 Steve Durr's Photo-Micrography
(wow!)

Steve Durr showcases his digital snaps along with help on using cameras on a scope! Here's how they should look.

 Jan Parmentier
Collections

(beautiful work)

Jan's work is informative and beautiful. We've been to visit Jan bringing several members of UK microscopy clubs with us. Take a look at his site!

 Nano-bacteria? (Summary with access to research papers)

The smallest living organisms are bacteria, but these new structures, dubbed 'nanobes', are in fact much smaller at 1/10 of a bacterium's size: a nanobacteria!

 Kernow Society - UK
Details and annual program of club based in
Cornwall - UK

NvvM - The Netherlands
Home of Dutch Microscopy Club
English Language

 Photography
& Microscopy

(loads of stuff)

A list of our contributor's material relating to video and still photography using a microscope. Flash guns, 35mm, digital, & more!

 Dave Walker's Collections
(from the editor)

Dave is the ever-toilling editor of our own Micscape Magazine. Here is a collection of his own work, images, and articles. An enthusiast with vitality and zest!

Recent Discoveries
of note

(several) 

Interested in new discoveries, re-discoveries, and mysteries in the small-scale world? Here are some we have helped to bring to light!

PMS - UK 
Established UK
club
web site

 

New York Society - USA
A well organised site for this New York based club.

 Deep Field Microscopy
(Free Software)

How to beat the laws of physics and get everything in focus. Includes free software by Alan Hadley, UK, to explore deep-field photo-microscopy!

Bill Ells
Collections

(Desmids Galore) 

Bill Ells was one of the very first contributors to Micscape Magazine: an expert on Desmids and a role model for enthusiast microscopists.

 What's a cell?
(something everyone should know)

What is a cell? Something everyone knows, right? Wrong, I think! Here, one of our contributors gets right down to it and looks at what a cell actually is.

 Quekett - UK
Established UK
club
web site

 Reading
Society - UK
UK
club
web site

3D World
(red/blue 3d glasses required to see)

See the world at the end of a microscope in real 3D using red/blue glasses. The world is not flat and you really need to see it the way it is!

 SEM images
by Tina in Hawaii

(MicroAngela)
 

Tina's site is a gallery of SEM images of popular subjects, equisitely imaged and reproduced. It just begs to be seen and savoured as a thing of beauty. Go and visit her!

Antique
Microscope
Museum

German site of antique microscopes and help identifying yours from hauk

A good resource on antiques!
   
 

Other essential off-site links

Fungi

http://www.offwell.free-online.co.uk/fungi/contents.htm

Provided with premission by:-
The Offwell Woodland & Wildlife Trust


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