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Disadvantage of the light microscopes

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Light microscopes can only magnify up to 2000 times the original size.

It is difficult to enhance the contrast between cells and their surroundings to see cell structure and movement with a light microscope.

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Magnification. At a cap of roughly 2,000 times, light microscopes can't magnify as closely as electron microscopes can. Light's relatively long wavelength decreases the light microscope's ability to magnify by requiring small spherical lenses to focus and spread out the light.

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