Tips include why you should just use one type of immersion oil in your laboratory and advice on maintenance for your fluorescent microscope filter.
Watch our video on spotting damage to your filter and filter maintenance best practice.
Many types of fluorescence microscope filter degrade over time and should be treated as a consumable. Ensure regular maintenance and replace when necessary. 'Sputter' type filters that last a lifetime are now available.
Jenny Morse
FISH Field Application Scientist, North America
Liquid light-guides in modern fluorescent light sources will degrade over time, resulting in reduced light transmission, and should be treated as a consumable. Make sure there are no sharp bends in the light-guide, schedule regular maintenance and replace when necessary.
Ashley Hart
FISH Field Application Scientist, North America
Try to use just one type of immersion oil in your laboratory; different types of oil may be immiscible. Immersion oil of one type remaining on a microscope objective may result in a ‘milky’ appearance and a reduction of light transmission when it comes in contact with a slide with a different type of immersion oil.
Graham Halford
FISH Field Application Specialist, Europe
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