Editorial | Grievance with Modern PLMs
THE MICROSCOPE
2016, Volume 64:4, p. ii
DOI
https://doi.org/10.59082/QRAQ9444
AUTHOR
Gary J. Laughlin
EXCERPT
Thirty years ago, I attended my first McCrone Research Institute course in applied polarized light microscopy. We used the Nikon SK-e, which was already an old model polarized light microscope (PLM). In subsequent courses there was the monocular Olympus model POS, which had an external LSD lamp and illuminator. Most folks like myself didn’t realize it at the time, but looking back now, the SK-e and POS may have been among the better and last well-built functional PLMs. They were also ideal for learning.