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by TecoAndJix 897 days ago
You can get a microscope on Amazon for a few hundred bucks that lets you see this, red blood cells, and the critters that live in the water behind your house. Fun way to spend a weekend!
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When we were dealing with fertility issues I started doing (somewhat) legit sperm counts at home. I was sick of paying hundreds of dollars each time.

I’m sure it wasn’t super accurate but it was accurate enough to know if things were improving on certain medications or not.

any specific recommendations that one could hook up to something to record the images/video?
I have an AMscope (without the ability to take images/video). I purchased it in 2014 so no promises on the brand today:

https://amscope.com/products/b120c-e3?gclid=Cj0KCQiAkeSsBhDU...

https://www.youtube.com/@micro_safari has some recommendations (disclaimer: they do run a small shop, but he seems knowledgeable)
From my research into microscopes for fine electronics work, the keyword you are looking for is “trinocular”. They have standard camera mounts built in and you can attach almost any camera via an adapter.
Technically you can record with your phone through the eye piece.
It's no fun
Aliexpress /temu/ebay etc sell cheap eyepiece phone holders - not perfect, but makes my ex-schools microscope so much easier for my kids to use as we can a see the screen together.
It's not as good as the devices built to take pictures or videos through microscopes (or microscopes that use them built in). It is a cheap and easy way that I've had success with.
there are some microscopes which are selling with a separate camera. microscope and camera spend you at least 6000$, then you can capture pictures on computer.