Use a coarse adjustment knob (large movement) to get near, then use the fine adjustment knob (small movement) to fine-tune.
I assume you would use the fine adjustment knob for high power objectives.
After you adjust the coarse adjustment knob, the fine adjustment knob makes it sharper or clearer.
The coarse adjustment knob elevates the microscope's stage up and down quickly. The fine adjustment knob does the same thing but more slowly and accurately. In other words, the fine adjustment knob should require more revolutions to elevate the stage as much as the coarse adj. knob does.
The function of a microscope's coarse adjustment knob is to improve focus on the object under study by adjusting the lens. Unlike the fine adjustment, coarse adjustment moves the lenses quickly.
The adjustment knob is a component of a microscope that focuses the image of the object being studied. It is used in conjunction with the coarse adjustment knob.
On a light microscope there is the coarse adjustment knob and the fine adjustment knob
The coarse adjustment knob elevates the microscope's stage up and down quickly. The fine adjustment knob does the same thing but more slowly and accurately. In other words, the fine adjustment knob should require more revolutions to elevate the stage as much as the coarse adj. knob does.
After you adjust the coarse adjustment knob, the fine adjustment knob makes it sharper or clearer.
This is the coarse adjustment knob. This should be used before the fine adjustment knob (the smaller knob) - which is for fine focusing.
The course adjustment moves the stage of the microscope further/closer away from the objective lens (it is used for general focusing), and the fine adjustment moves the objective lens very small distances for finer focusing.
When the "fine" adjustment control does not bring operation into the desired range.
Coarse adjustment