• Question: Do you find it very hard to use the microscope? Did you have to do alot of training to use it?

    Asked by to Ian on 19 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Ian Hands-Portman answered on 19 Mar 2014:


      I can teach anyone to use the microscope in about three or four hours but I have to keep them running, tune them and deal with faults which is a lot harder – it took me six days of 12 hour lessons ( with lunch ) to learn the basics. My microscopes use hundred of thousands of volts and cost a million pounds so I still get a bit edgy around them sometimes.

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