Is your Optical Microscope Lacking Quick and Accurate Inspection Features?

Space is generally an issue in most labs and users are generally competing for bench space that is already covered in equipment and consumables. It is often the case that people are using different microscopy techniques to gain a detailed inspection by using a stereo microscope to get a low-magnification inspection for their initial analysis, and then following this up with a compound microscope in order to get a higher magnification and higher resolved detailed inspection. The DSX1000 marries the two with its wide magnification range of 20X to 7000X using its optical zoom. The DSX1000 is flexible in the objective lenses that it can house, and these are easily replaced allowing for quick acquisition. The small footprint and design of the DSX1000 allow the user to work in a comfortable and ergonomically friendly position.

Olympus UIS2 objective lenses guarantee the quality, flexibility and outstanding optical performance from visible light to near infrared light. Depending on the user requirements, the extensive line up ensures the availability of choice. Users can take advantage of the full range of UIS2 objectives which will allow for the capturing of high-resolution images with objectives that have numerical apertures (NA) as high as 0.95. The Olympus UIS2 objectives also offer broad chromatic aberration corrections which allow for the finer details of samples to be observed.

During demonstrations and while discussing requirements with users, we are often presented with samples that vary in height and that are irregular in shape. Standard objectives with shorter working distances can be challenging when working with these samples and users try (and sometimes fail) to prevent the objective from crashing into the sample. Not only can this slow down your workflow, it can also damage both the sample and the objective. The DSX1000 was designed with the ability to also hold long working distance objectives that allow the user to focus on the sample while reducing the risk of crashing the objective into the sample.

The DSX1000 offers six observation methods across all magnifications as standard thus allowing users the ability to inspect a vide variety of samples. The observation methods included with the DSX1000 allow the user to choose between brightfield, darkfield, polarization, oblique illumination, MIX and differential interference contrast resulting in the optimum illumination conditions for each sample. Another advantage of the DSX1000 is that achieving optimum conditions is quick and easy with a one-click set up that increases efficiency without having to change the observation method.