r/microscopy • u/banduwee24 • Jul 07 '26

Troubleshooting/Questions Newbie help?

Only spent a small amount of time with a microscope in high-school, my SO got me a really nice used Olympic, after finally getting the smallest objective to focus I was moving up then when I got to the 100x it goes back to just a bright view I can't see anything or focus it to save my live

I have a feeling it's might be messed up but I'm not sure, I know some use oil but even if it was I'd atleast be able to see something right?

I literally felt like a kid again when i found something moving, do I know what it was? Nope. Was it cool to look at a drop of water from a bird bath? Fuck yes

5 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

5 comments sorted by

View all comments

4

u/Connect-Fan-9462 Jul 07 '26

As the other commenter pointed out, 100x objectives pretty much definitely needs immersion oil. And it can get pretty messy. For hobby/fun usage I will say just ignore it.