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Use a widefield microscope if your specimen is thin and relatively free of out-of focus blur; or you don't need to optically section it for processing, analysis and visualisation in 3D.
Microscope Name | Upright or Inverted? | Fluorescence Colours | Key Features | Techniques |
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Axioplan | Upright | Blue, Green, Red, Far-Red | Zeiss Axioplan 2 microscope . QImaging QClick camera . Fluorescence . DIC. | High sensitivity and high resolution fluorescence microscopy and differential interference contrast (DIC) of fixed specimens on slides |
Axio Imager | Upright | Blue, Green, Red, Far-Red. Cyan and Yellow available on request | Zeiss Axio Imager A1 microscope . QImaging Retiga EXi camera . Fluorescence . Phase contrast | High sensitivity and high resolution fluorescence microscopy and phase contrast of fixed specimens on slides |
Axioskop 3 | Upright | Blue, Green, Red | Zeiss Axioskop microscope . QImaging QICAM colour camera . Fluorescence . Phase contrast . Motorised stage | Moderate to high resolution fluorescence microscopy and imaging of histologically or histochemically stained specimens on slides. Motorised stage supports tiling and stitching of specimens. |
Inverted | Blue, Green, Red | Leica DMIRB microscope . Hamamatsu Orca NRB camera . Fluorescence . Phase contrast . Long distance lenses suitable for use with normal TC dishes and plates | Good for moderate resolution fluorescence microscopy and phase contrast of fixed/live specimens on slides, or in dishes and plates with glass or plastic bottoms. | |
Leica 2 | Inverted | Blue, Cyan, Green, Red | Leica DMIRB microscope . Leica DFC7000T colour camera . Fluorescence . Phase contrast . Leica Modulation Contrast (LMC) . Long distance lenses suitable for use with normal TC dishes and plates | Moderate to high resolution fluorescence microscopy and colour imaging of histologically or histochemically stained specimens on slides, or in dishes and plates with glass or plastic bottoms. Leica Modulation Contrast (LMC) lenses for brightfield contrast imaging that is less sensitive to the meniscus in well plates. Cyan filter cube for CFP. |
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