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Olympus launched FV500/300 laser scanning biological microscopes in 1998, shortly after releasing the AX, BX, and IX series of microscopes that featured infinity-corrected UIS optics. The FV500/300 produce 2048 x 2048-pixel images.

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Confocal microscopy can improve conventional fluorescence images by recording fluorescence generated from the focal plane within the sample, while rejecting all other light coming from above or below the focal plane. The efficient point-scan/pinhole-detection confocal optics of the FluoView systems virtually eliminate out of focus light to produce high-contrast images with superb resolution. The FluoView systems are fully integrated workstations that incorporate user-friendly image acquisition and image analysis software with high-resolution confocal optics that require no user alignment. An , Windows-based graphic user interface allows new users to quickly generate images in various scan modes, such as XY, XZ, XT, XYZ, XYT, and XYZT. Standard image formats, including TIFF and AVI, permit easy, direct export of FluoView images to off-line analysis packages. XY scanning is performed with a pair of galvanometric mirrors, yielding a wide scanning range to cover up to a field number of 20. The optical zoom (up to 10x magnification) can be performed by narrowing the scanning range while maintaining the maximum pixel resolution of up to 2048 x 2048 pixels.

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Goal of the BH2 was superior optics and customizability, and it soon became very well known for both. Standard equipment on this microscope included 10x widefield high eyepoint eyepieces having a field number of 20, precentered halogen lamps, aspherical collector lenses, and fully enclosed light paths designed to exclude dirt and dust. Auxiliary components for the microscope included photoeyepieces, an automatic exposure photomicrography system, and a wide range of objectives covering the entire range of correction and magnification. In addition, both mechanical and circular stages were offered as were binocular and trinocular observation tubes. Contrast enhancing equipment included phase contrast, differential interference contrast, darkfield, fluorescence, and polarized light.

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Next generation imaging system designed for high resolution, confocal observation of both fixed and living cells.FV1000 offers advances in confocal system performance while providing the speed and sensitivity required for live cell imaging with minimal risk of damage to living specimens.In addition, the FV1000 offers a revolutionary synchronized laser scanning system called the SIM Scanner. While one laser stimulates, the second laser simultaneously provides high-resolution imaging. This coordination of laser stimulation and imaging makes the FV1000 an ideal choice for FRAP, FLIP and photoactivation., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 16,2025.

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Upright Fluorescence Microscope with automatic photomicrography system.Using the AX70 together with the U-PHOTO Universal Photo System provides a very advanced level of microscope performance and sophisticated photomicrography capabilities. Combining the mainframe and its corresponding auto focus function with the U-AFPHOTO and motorized units integrates technology with a system that fully supports automated photomicrography. This combination offers fast auto focus in brightfield, darkfield, fluorescence*, and Nomarski Differential Interference Contrast*, and provides automatic light intensity adjustment for the objective in use as well as automatic observation light path selection.

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Nikon Eclipse 90i is a fully motorized upright microscope configured to image in transmitted light, DIC and epi-fluorescence modes. Fluorescence cubes available for DAPI, GFP, RFP, and HYQ Cy5. Fluorescence illumination is provided by a Lumencor Sola Light Engine. You can do timelapse, XYZ position, Z stacks, multiple excitation or emission wavelengths, and tiling experiments. Equipped with a Hamamatsu Orca Flash 4.0 v2 CMOS monochrome camera and a Nikon D2-Fi2 color camera running on Nikon Elements software.

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Flow system helps to ensure controlled, contamination free atmosphere in each culture tray by equally distributing user specified gas mixture. Available in 4,10 and 40 tray models.

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Offers higher magnification than conventional models, enabling high-resolution observation of minute structures. In combination with the new objective series, its improved chromatic aberration correction provides bright and sharp images through the entire viewfield. The parallel optics design allows ergonomic accessories and observation attachments to be used in a wide range of applications.

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Nikon TMS Inverted Phase Contrast Microscope produces high quality images for tissue culture labs, readily meeting biological and metallurgical research needs. This Nikon microscope offers operation with an easy-to-maintain inverted microscope frame. This inverted phase microscope is configured with 4x achromat, 10x Ph1, and 20x Ph2 objectives with critical halogen illumination. The TMS can accommodate a variety of Nikon CF objectives on its revolving triple nosepiece, along with multiple other accessories, such as stage adapters and extenders, sliders and rings, and extra long working condensers. The 4x achromat objective provides a lower magnification for a wider field of view, primarily best for when needing to view a large portion of a slide for study. The 10x Ph1 provides phase contrast low-power magnification, while the 20x Ph2 provides medium-power magnification with a larger aperture.

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Automated system to perform horizontal, continuous accelerated and decelerated movement to Cell Factory System.Eliminates the need for manual methods of cell detachment, such as shaking and pounding.

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Microscope equipped with CFI60 infinity optical system, providing images in all applications. Incorporates specifications adopted for CFI60 series objectives, including 60 millimeter parfocal distance, 25 millimeter thread size, and standard 22 millimeter field of view. Main components of CFI60 infinity optical system include objective, tube lens to converge light beam, and eyepiece lens to enlarge intermediate image. Fluorescence microscope that has detachable substage, 12 volt 100 watt tungsten halide lamp, filter magazine, and choice of sextuple nosepiece or sextuple DIC nosepiece.Has objectives for brightfield, darkfield, Nomarski DIC, epi fluorescence, or phase contrast techniques.

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Advent of the infinity-corrected CFI60 optical system spurred Nikon design engineers to upgrade their research-caliber inverted microscope from the Diaphot 300 to the Eclipse TE300 in 1997. The vastly improved instrument provides longer working distances that accommodate a wide variety of culture vessels and thick specimens, while maintaining high numerical apertures to ensure suitable levels of brightness, imaging contrast, resolution, and sharpness. The paired oculars of the instrument provide a standard 22-millimeter field of view, but like other microscopes in the Eclipse line, the Nikon TE300 is highly modular and provides several options for binocular and trinocular tubes, condensers, stages, and illumination systems. The standard condenser system fabricated for the Nikon TE300 microscope consists of a series of condenser top lenses and a five-position turret assembly with components for phase, differential interference, and Hoffman modulation contrast techniques. Also, Nikon designers patented a video enhancement contrast system for the microscope that features special polarizers and analyzers that enable the visualization of low contrast minutiae that would ordinarily go unnoticed by traditional video imaging methods.

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Nikon SMZ-1 and SMZ-1B zoom stereo microscopes offer legendary Nikon stereo performance. Developed to fit a variety of applications and OEM needs, these advanced-design stereo microscopes have the features and image quality you expect from Nikon. High-performance optics and a 6V/10W halogen illuminator deliver images with excellent contrast, resolution, and brightness. The SMZ-1 and SMZ-1B are human-engineered to allow long periods of operation without fatigue. Mechanical design is yet rugged for daily trouble-free operation in industrial, laboratory, and classroom environments. All controls are easy to use. Nikon's versatile modular approach allows the SMZ-1/1B to be easily adapted to various configurations such as stand, arm, or table mounting. Similarly, the illuminator can be fixed to the instrument stand, placed in a diascopic base, or attached externally for oblique lighting. The SMZ-1/1B use a Nikon-designed twin-lens objective system inclined at 12o. Only the center of the lenses is used to provide the sharpest three-dimensional image and enable the operator to work more accurately and efficiently for prolonged periods without eye strain.

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SMZ1500 stereoscopic zoom microscope is system with apochromatic objectives, zoom ratio of 15 to 1, range of magnifications from 0.75x to 11.25x for total magnifying capability of 3.75x up to 540x, and is best for in depth imaging.Zoom knob allows to zoom from 1x to 11x at 1x-intervals without interrupting observations. Other facets include high eyepoint eyepieces with built-in diopter adjustments, wide field of view, and built-in aperture diaphragm for achieving optimal depth of focus and improved photomicrography.Provides options of either low eye-level viewing tube or tilting eyepiece tube, with or without eye-level risers. Three different diascopic stands with built-in power supplies may also be utilized with instrument, or standard stand that features low profile for increased clearance.

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Building upon the success of the popular CFI60 optical system (60-millimeter parfocal distance and 25-millimeter objective thread size) first installed on the Eclipse E600, Nikon has moved a step further by introducing ultra-low magnification objectives and has increased the standard field of view to 25 millimeters. Introduced with the Eclipse E800 was a plan 0.5x magnification objective, which accommodates a 50-millimeter field of view at the unprecedented magnification of 0.5x. When coupled with a 2x projection lens, the 0.5x objective permits macrophotography at 1:1 magnification (in effect, actual size documentation). The new macro objective lens is particularly useful for investigating large specimens such as brain slices, developing embryos, and extensive tissue sections. This objective is easily accommodated into the microscope without major re-configuration, and is interchangeable with other objectives on a standard rotating nosepiece.

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Nikon Instruments AZ100 C1si is macro confocal microscope system combining stereo and compound microscopes into single hybrid imaging system for dynamic imaging of single cells or whole specimens.System covers range of magnifications from 5x to 400x. Has triple nosepiece that can switch magnifications. AZ100 C1si boasts simultaneous 32 channel spectral image acquisition over spectral range of 320 nm in single scan. Simultaneous 32 channel acquisition at 10 nm, 5 nm or 2.5 nm bandwidths, all software controlled, is possible.

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Nikon Eclipse TS100-F Inverted Microscope comes from a long line of microscopes. The Halogen bright-field lamp provides enough light for phase contrast and NAMC viewing. The Eclipse TS100-F Inverted Microscope Sidentopf eye piece from Nikon delivers constant brightness throughout the entire field of view. This microscope is best for applications such as tissue culture, plaque measurement and blood typing. Used in combination with Narishige manipulators, also available from Nikon, these microscopes can be used for a range of micromanipulation techniques necessary for cyto-engineering, developmental and genetic engineering, electrophysiology, pharmacology and neurochemistry. Eco-illumination provides a long lifetime of 60,000 hours and reduces the frequency of lamp replacement. Nikon Eclipse TS 100 highly acclaimed CFI60 optical system is used, providing flat, sharp and clear images, while achieving longer working distances and higher numerical apertures. The Eclipse TS100 is also outfitted for phase contrast applications with a phase ring slider and filter, and is camera mount ready. The compact high-performance inverted Nikon ECLIPSE TS100-F Microscope uses Eco-illumination, a newly developed LED illumination. Eco-illumination provides enough brightness for phase contrast and NAMC observations on the Nikon Eclipse TS100 F. With a fly-eye lens, uniform brightness is provided in the entire field of view. LEDs are an environmentally friendly low-power-consumption light source. Eco-illumination provides a long lifetime of 60,000 hours and reduces the frequency of lamp replacement. Nikon's highly acclaimed CFI60 optical system is used, providing flat, sharp and clear images, while achieving longer working distances and higher numerical apertures. The Nikon Eclipse TS100F is best for applications such as tissue culture, plaque measurement and blood typing. Used in combination with Narishige manipulators, also available from Nikon, these microscopes can be used for a range of micromanipulation techniques necessary for cyto-engineering, developmental and genetic engineering, electrophysiology, pharmacology and neurochemistry.

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Eclipse 800 Microscope is a premier member of Nikon's advanced research microscope line. The E800 series incorporates Nikon's CFI60 optical system that (according to them) alleviates the limitations of conventional optics, allowing for very long working distances (for a tutorial on Nikon's CFI60 Optical System, click here). This system corrects chromatic aberrations over the entire field of view, generating a very sharp, clear image over the broadest magnification range. One can also put in a broad range of accessories without affecting optical quality. The microscope is designed so that the scientist can work with ease, especially in the dark, requiring little movement to operate the control knobs and handles. The CFI60 Optical System offers a 60mm objective parfocal distance, a 25mm objective thread size and a standard 25mm field of view all of which combine to provide a higher optical quality.

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Fluorescence microscope that has detachable substage, 12 volt 100 watt tungsten halide lamp, filter magazine, and choice of sextuple nosepiece or sextuple DIC nosepiece.Has objectives for brightfield, darkfield, Nomarski DIC, epi fluorescence, or phase contrast techniques.

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Versatile Eclipse 55i clinical microscope offers optical capabilities, unsurpassed ergonomic features and is optimized for digital imaging. Its white LED illumination system provides a homogenous and bright distribution of illumination across the field for optimal viewing and digital imaging, resulting in spectacular, vivid, true-to-life colors. ergonomic features, like the stay-in-position stage handle and tilting/telescoping ergonomic eyepiece tube ensure best viewing posture, enabling long hours of observations to be carried out in comfort.

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