Biology

Light Microscopes - v - Electron Microscopes

• Light microscopy
• This is one of the oldest form of microscopy
• Specimens are usually stained to make them visible
• Light microscopes have started to be used again, because of technical advancements which are making them more efficient to use
• This microscope is fairly cheap costing £100 - £500 pounds
• Cheap to operate
• Small and portable
• Magnifies object up to 2000 times
• Specimens can be living or dead
• Light microscopes are compound microscopes. Which means that they use several lenses in order…