Microscopy With A Film Scanner

NickFitz writes "If you've got a film scanner lying around, this site shows you how to use it as a microscope. "Your monitor displays images at about 70-90 dpi, so taking the example of my Mac monitor at about 75 dpi, we get a magnification of 4000/75 which is about x53. It's not a lot and isn't going to show the likes of blood cells, but it should give an interesting view of small transparent objects." Did you know that bees wings are hairy?"

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Replacement bulbs (slightly offtopic)

[ai0524]

Does anyone know where to buy the tiny flourescent bulbs used in those film scanners? Mine has burned out.