List Price: $1,500.00
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I got this scope because it has coaxial illumination (good for inspecting silicon chips) and because it offers one of the widest fields of view when zoomed out. I got it with a 3MP camera (low pixel count = high light sensitivity, fast fps, and reasonable match for optical capability) instead of the eyepiece. With that setup, I can photograph an area as large as 15*20mm easily in great quality. My only disappointment was that the coaxial illumination was a bit dim, consisting of four small white LEDs. The camera auto-gain will compensate for the dim illumination, but the exposure time will default to 350ms, meaning you only get a screen refresh rate of around 3 fps, and moving your specimen will blur and delay the image noticeably. So I took the LED light source apart (easily done) and installed a 1W Luxeon type diffuse white LED with much more light output (that installation is the slightly more difficult part). Now I can cruise the sample much more quickly at ~60ms exposure times (around 16 fps). My recommendation to Amscope is: Use a brighter LED in your coaxial light source, and the scope will be much better. Overall, a great microscope, and looking at a big monitor is also very comfortable compared to peering through an eyepices. Very nice buy for the price.
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