What is a binocular microscope used for?
Low power stereo binocular microscopes are a handy cross between a magnifying glass and a high power microscope. Looking through the two eyepieces, you can see items in 3D and move them around underneath the lenses, but with the higher magnification of a microscope. This is useful in a number of hobbies as well as scientific pursuits.DissectingStereo binocular microscopes — with a lens at the top and bottom of each eyepiece — were developed in biology labs to enable students and scientists to observe (and dissect) small creatures in three dimensions. Whereas the usual monocular compound microscope allows you to see items several 100s of times larger, you are restricted to a flat section on a slide. The low power stereo microscope with two eyepiece tubes trades much less magnification (10 or 20 times is typical) for the ability to maneuver a specimen in a wider, deeper field of vision than a high power scope.WatchmakingThe magnification of a low power stereo scope is still much more p
