Specifications:

Overview and Summary:

• Professional Grade Epi Fluorescent Microscope.
• Five Dichroic Filter Cubes (wave bands): U, V, BV, B, and G.
• Infinity Corrected Plan Fluorite (fluor) objectives.
• Style and functionality of fluorescence illuminator and head are similar to Olympus brand.
• 30° Inclined Trinocular Head.
• 30W Transmitted Halogen Light.
• 100W EPI Fluorescent Illumination.
• Includes both transmitted brightfield and reflected fluorescence ability.
• Trinocular port for photography. Includes 6.3 MP USB camera.
• Wide flared-out base for extra stability.
• Auto-Volt Worldwide Voltage Requirement. 100-240V, 50/60Hz.
• 5 - Year Warranty.
• Brand-new.
• Consignee is responsible for duties, taxes, and brokerage fees.

Objectives, Magnification, and Eyepieces:

• Infinity Corrected Plan Fluorite (fluor) Objectives as follows:
• 4x/0.15, Infinity/-, WD 21.6 mm.
• 10x/0.35, Infinity/-, WD 2.9 mm.
• 20x/0.60, Infinity/0.17, WD 1.5 mm.
• 40x/0.75, Infinity/0.17, WD 0.6 mm. Spring Loaded.
• 100x/0.9, Infinity/0.17, WD 0.62 mm. This is a dry lens, not oil immersion. Spring Loaded.
• We want to be clear that we are providing five separate objectives and you will get five different magnifications when using your 10x eyepiece set. Competition does not give you a 100x objective. Instead, they expect you to use the 40x objective and the terrible quality 25x eyepiece set to obtain 1000x magnification (40x25=1000).
• There are six spaces (sextuple) on the objective nosepiece turret. You can add one more optional objective.
• 10x Eyepiece Set. WF 10x/22mm. High Eye-point for Ease of Viewing when wearing Eyeglasses.
• Eyepiece diopter adjustment to correct for your specific vision needs.

Dichroic Filter Cubes (Wave Bands):

• Includes five different fluorescence filter sets as follows:
• U - Ultraviolet. Ex. 330-380 nm. DM400, BA 420.
• V - Violet. Ex. 380-420 nm. DM430, BA 450.
• BV – Blue-Violet. Ex. 400-440 nm. DM455, BA 470.
• B - Blue. Ex. 450-490 nm. DM505, BA 520.
• G - Green. Ex. 510-560 nm. DM575, BA 590.
• One open space for transmitted brightfield.

Fluorescence Illumination:

• Ultra-High Pressure Mercury Illuminator for Fluorescence Microscopy.
• Lamp (Bulb): 100 W.
• Power Supply: External power supply box with digital timer (hours meter).
• Power supply is AutoVolt (100-240VAC, 50/60Hz).
• Field Stop and Aperture Stop with centering adjustments.
• Neutral Density filter.
• UV Safety Shield to protect eye.

Brightfield Transmitted Illumination:

• Variable Intensity Transmitted (Base) Illumination for Brightfield Microscopy.
• Halogen Illumination: 12V-30W, variable intensity.
• Koehler Illumination System with focusable field diaphragm.
• Abbe Condenser, N.A. 1.25 with iris diaphragm.
• Flip-top (swing-out) condenser lens, useful for The 4X objective.

General Specifications:

• Coaxial Fine and coarse focusing knobs on both sides of microscope, with course tension adjustment.
• Fine focus scale value 0.002mm.
• Large double layer mechanical stage with stain resistant black finishing. Size 180mmx160mm. Movement Range: 80mmx50mm.
• Low position coaxial X and Y stage movement control knobs.
• Diopter adjustment to correct for your specific vision needs.
• Interpupillary Distance adjusts to the distance between your eyes.
• Manufactured under ISO: 9001 Standards.

Included Items:

• Comes with Dust Cover, Power Cords, Instruction Manual PDF file.

Camera and Live Video Equipment Included:

• Includes 6.3 MegaPixel Digital Camera and Video System.
• Connects via USB3.0. Includes USB cable and MS Windows software.
• Includes camera attachment with 0.5x reduction lens.
• Sensor: sony Exmor Back-illuminated CMOS sensor with USB3.0 interface.
• Ultra-low noise and low power dissipation.
• Sensor Details: 6.3MP, sony IMX178 (Color).
• Sensor Size: 1/1.8"(7.37x4.92mm).
• Pixel 2.4x2.4 (micrometers).
• G Sensitivity: 425mv with 1/30s.
• Dark Signal: 0.15mv with 1/30s.
• Live Video: View and record full motion live video microscope images. Frame size options for video mode: FPS/Resolution: 30 @3072x2048; 38 @1536x1024.
• Binning: 1x1,2x2.
• Exposure: 0.1ms~15s.
• Note: In light microscopy, anything beyond about a 1.4 MP camera resolution is going to be considered empty resolution and give you no more useful data. Our 6.3MP resolution camera is already well more than what is needed.

Manufacturer’s Warranty:

• Warranty is 5 years on microscope equipment.
• The microscope warranty covers problems arising from normal usage.
• We will repair or replace your defective microscopy equipment as needed during the warranty period.

Comparison to Zeiss:

• Our specialty is refurbished Zeiss and Olympus fluorescence microscopes. However, we want to provide our customers with the option to buy the lower grade Chinese made units. It is surprising to see that some customers will purchase a brand-new Chinese made unit that costs more than our refurbished Zeiss. Their desire for having something new and shiny overrides their need for high quality optics and more stable mechanical and electrical systems. In our professional opinion, you are better to purchase a used Zeiss that has been properly refurbished, than a brand-new lower grade Chinese unit.
• We have priced our Chinese units well below our competition because this is not our main line. Our specialty is providing Zeiss and Olympus microscopes for high-end research labs. If you really want a Chinese, here it is and at a very good price.
• One drawback is the dichroic filters. The size of the filters and dichroic mirror are non-standard (smaller).
• This Chinese model is physically much smaller than something like a Zeiss Axioskop-2, and much smaller again than the Zeiss Axioplan-2 ie. The larger size gives better thermal and mechanical stability.
• Other differences you are going to find are in the image quality (most notably in fluorescence and at the higher power modifications), lack of specialty objectives, lack of correction collars in the objectives, cheaper quality mechanical and electrical aspects, more difficult Mercury bulb centering, and overall lack of interchangeability with other industry standard microscopy add-on equipment. This unit also does not have the ability to do DIC.

Options:

• Optional 100x objective lens (Oil Immersion) (Comes with “dry” version only).
• Optional Y-Wave Band Dichroic Filter Cube. Yellow Ex. 540-580 nm, DM595, BA 600-660.

How to Compare with the Competition’s Confusing Ads:

• We realize that others sell the same microscope in many different ways. They create a separate ad, with different prices and titles, for every different option combination, sometimes up to 15 different ads for the same identical frame. This can make it extremely confusing when trying to sort out all the details and see who has the best deal, and what you want to buy.
• Their most common ploy is to come up with as many variations as possible using different objectives, eyepieces, and cameras.
• We try to make your shopping experience to be educational, pleasant, and successful. We create ads that are detailed, hype-free, and easy to understand.
• Generally, we have all necessary options already included in the package deal. Any other optional accessories are simply listed separately.
• We specifically make our prices significantly lower than anybody else. If something appears like a better deal, you are probably being fooled. For example, be sure to check how many expensive objective lenses are being included. Others typically don’t include as many lenses. We also recommend you ask us directly for a comparison.

Don’t Be Fooled By Marketing Gimmicks With High Power Eyepieces:

• We do not include 15x, 20x, or 25x eyepieces because they are useless. Don’t be fooled by long lists of different magnifications you can obtain by using a combination of objectives and different eyepieces. In reality, a skilled microscopist is only going to use the 10x eyepiece set as that has the best imaging and the widest field of view.
• In this ad, we are cutting out the industry-standard marketing gimmicks and getting straight to the point of what you will actually need. You are not going to gain an optical advantage by using a 15x, 20x or 25x eyepiece.
• Take a short piece of pipe and look at something in the distance, closing your other eye. Now, take another piece of pipe the same length, but half the diameter. Which one do you want to use? Of course, you want the larger diameter pipe to look through. But the salesperson just told you that the smaller diameter pipe has a higher magnification! So while you think you are getting twice the magnification, you are actually cutting your visible field of view.
• Extreme Widefield: One of the combinations that competition likes to do is to use a 25x eyepiece set and call it “extreme widefield”. They are thinking (or trying to make you think) the 25x is a measurement that designates it as a “Wide Field” but that is incorrect. Widefield refers to the field of view in the eyepiece, not the magnification. And they are inversely proportional. The field of view is 22 mm for a 10x but only 16mm for 15x, 12.5 mm for a 20x, and a minuscule 9 mm for a 25x.
• We sell high quality Zeiss and Olympus fluorescence microscopes and none of them come with 15x eyepieces. That is solely a marketing ploy. It also allows the seller to claim many more magnifications as well as higher magnifications can be achieved from the microscope, and not have to give you as many expensive objective lenses. Competition likes to extend the magnification range of the microscopes in their ads.
• For example, they say their unit can go up to 1000x but the highest power objective they give you is only a 40x. While that sounds equal to ours (1000x), the reality is that the image will not be as good and they have shorted giving you an expensive 100x objective. They expect you to use the 40x objective and 25x eyepiece set to obtain 1000x magnification (40x25=1000).
• We are not including them because we know it is of no value.

Optional Extreme Peltier Cooled Color Camera (Not Included):

• 6.0 MegaPixel ultra-sensitive temperature-regulated CCD Camera and video system for low- lite fluorescence. (SKU: MF603C-CCD).
• Sensor: sony ExView HAD CCD II sensor with USB3.0 interface.
• Two-stage Peltier cooled imaging chip to cool to -50 degrees C below ambient.
• Specified temperature can be achieved within five minutes.
• This extreme cooling increases the signal-to-noise ratio and decreases the image noise.
• Superior design with electric fan allows for greater heat radiation efficiency and less moisture issues.
• Connects via USB3.0 (and backwards compatible to USB 2.0).
• Includes camera attachment with 0.75x reduction lens.
• Optical filter with IR-CUT/AR coatings to protect sensitive internal parts.
• Vibration due to the fan is minimized to reduce the image blur.
• Up to one-hour long exposure time.
• USB 3.0, 5 Gbit/second interface allows for high-speed data transmission.
• Ultra-Fine ™ color engine with perfect color reproduction capability.
• This type of camera is excellent for low-light environments such as fluorescence microscopy and astronomy.
• Sensor Details: 6.0MP, sony ICX694AQG (Color).
• Sensor Size: 1"(14.6x12.8mm).
• Pixel 4.54x4.54 (micrometers).
• G Sensitivity: 1000mv with 1/30s AND 8mv with 1/30s.
• Live Video: View and record full motion live video (and stills) microscope images. Frame size options for video mode: FPS/Resolution: 7.5 @2748x2200; 14 @2748x1092.
• Binning: 1x1.
• Exposure: 0.06ms~1h.
• Includes CD-ROM with software.
• Software provides advanced video and image processing capabilities. Includes measuring and calibration capability.
• Software provides support for Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, 32&64 bit)/Linux/Mac OS X 10.8 and later, multiple platform SDK.
• Capture/Control API: Native C/C++, C#/VB.NET, DirectShow, Twain and Labview.
• Supports both video and Trigger modes.
• Spectral range: 380 to 650 nm (with IR cut filter).
• White Balance: ROI white balance. Automatic and manual modes with color temperature and tint adjustment.
• Color Adjustment: Adjusts for hue, saturation, brightness, contrast, and gamma.
• Exposure: Automatic and manual exposure modes with gain adjustment.
• Power Supply: DC 5V over PC USB port. External power adapter for cooling system: DC 12V, 3A.
• PC Requirements: CPU equal to Intel core 2, 2.8GHz or higher. Memory: 2GB or higher. USB 2.0 or 3.0.
• Comes packed inside a hardened plastic equipment carrying case. Size 28 x 23 x 15 cm.
• Power adapter input: 100 - 240 VAC, 50 - 60 Hz. Output: DC 12 V, 3A.
• Includes high-speed USB 3.0 A male to B male gold-plated connectors cable, 2 m length.
• Optional Accessory: External Trigger control line.