Greetings dear scientific community,
Today I would like to ask a question which is partly related to my work.
I have been doing microscopy as part of my job for four years now, and I always had this question in my head but never tried to find an answer.
Indeed, I would like to read about your experience on how the length of a session using a microscope affects you: how long do you work at a time? how do you setup your microscope lamp? do you prefer LED lights or Halogen ones?
In my case, I would usually work for a maximum of 30 minutes before taking a break, give my eyes some rest and then go back for another session. Also, I use a HAL 100 (I also have LED lamps, but I don't use them) on 3.8V.
At the end of the day, I'm usually tired, and I would like to know if this is the same for you, or if I'm doing it wrong.
I look forward to read your experiences on this.
Best regards,
Yacine
Yacine Mokri if you upload any picture of the microscope you use, may be someone able to share his/her experience with it.
Light microscope that is consist of a single lens for magnification may not be recommended for long-term use.
Ha, my mistake. I should have given some more details about our equipment. We have a zeiss axio imager M (motorized)
Make sure the settings for your eyesight and the interocular distance are perfectly adjusted if you are sharing the microscope. Try lowering the intensity of the light if you can. It's also a matter of habbit. I commonly work for up to 2 hours before needing a break for the eye/brain. Any migrainous condition will also be worsened by using microscopes.
Greetings Arnaud,
thanks for your input. I follow all these steps but it would be hard for me to last two hours. Maybe it's a matter of habit like you said
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