Advanced Biological Microscope

An advanced biological microscope available in four configurations:

• Brightfield binocular
• Brightfield trinocular
• Phase contrast binocular
• Phase contrast trinocular

Its infinity-corrected plan achromatic objectives provide crisp, flat-field images across the wide 22 mm field of view. The regulated LED Köhler illumination system incorporates a field iris diaphragm and a focusable, centreable condenser, enabling illumination to be optimised for each objective.

Ergonomically positioned focusing and mechanical-stage controls make the microscope comfortable to operate during extended periods of use.

Key features

• Choice of brightfield or phase contrast
• Choice of binocular or trinocular viewing head
• Widefield 10× eyepieces with FN22 field of view
• Infinity-corrected plan achromatic objectives
• Quintuple objective nosepiece
• Coarse and fine focusing controls
• Mechanical stage with ergonomically positioned controls
• Regulated 3.3 V, 3 W LED illumination
• Köhler illumination with field iris diaphragm
• Focusable and centreable condenser
• Condenser numerical aperture of 1.25
• Oil-immersion 100× objective
• Optional microscope camera connection on trinocular models

Available variants

The trinocular viewing head incorporates a 50:50 light split for simultaneous visual observation and camera imaging.

Brightfield configuration

The brightfield variants are supplied with the following infinity-corrected plan achromatic objectives:

A focusable, centreable NA 1.25 condenser is supplied with the brightfield configurations.

Phase contrast configuration

The phase contrast variants support both brightfield and phase contrast observation. Phase contrast enhances transparent, low-contrast specimens without requiring staining, making it particularly useful for examining living cells and other unstained biological samples.

The following objectives are supplied:

The phase contrast configurations also include:

• Brightfield and phase contrast turret condenser
• Phase-centering telescope

Total magnification

When used with the supplied 10× eyepieces:

• 40×
• 100×
• 200×
• 400×
• 1000×

Optional accessories

• Plan achromatic 50×/0.90 oil-immersion objective
• Plan achromatic 60×/0.85 dry objective
• Widefield focusing 10×/FN22 measuring eyepiece with scale graticule
• Calibrating stage micrometer with a 1 mm scale divided into 100 parts
• Polariser and analyser
• Darkfield slider for 4×, 10×, 20× and 40× objectives
• 0.3× and 0.5× C-mount camera adapters
• Compatible microscope camera systems

Typical applications

• Routine biological microscopy
• Histology and cytology
• Microbiology
• Cell culture and live-cell observation
• Examination of stained and unstained specimens
• Biomedical and life-science research
• Pharmaceutical laboratories
• University teaching and research
• Digital imaging and documentation

Optional objectives, camera equipment and accessories are available separately.

 Please contact Auckland Scientific for help selecting the most suitable configuration.