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Would a 34 Year old Olympus microscope be better then a new Amscope?

The Olympus is a CHC (the mirror CH-MM or the CH-LSK 20W with a simple illumination device)

The Olympus has,three Olympus objectives 60/0.80/0.17, 40/0.65/0.17 & 10/0.25. Will focus magnify properly when the knob move between 0-200 division. All the knobs work, it needs cleaning as there is dust inside.

The Amscope specs are here: Binocular Biological Microscope 40X-1600X

I think you will find the Olympus to be the superior instrument. If all the glass is in good condition I would choose the Olympus.

g2b2

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If you can the Olympus CH-2 will be miles better then the Amscope anyday.