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Research System Stereomicroscope SZX16/SZX10 : Features (4)

Effective combination of long WD and high NA. Development of an ergonomic design. Design focus on creating a wide working space and comfort.

Operability is configured as a whole-system characteristic. Design is focused not only on WD and NA, but also on a stage that is slim.

SZX2 responds well to a variety of specimens and operations — from large specimens like mice to small ones like zebra fish, nematode or drosophilia eggs — because of the effective combination of high numerical aperture and wide working space. Moreover, the transmitted light illumination base is newly designed thin (only 41mm) to provide a wide working space and allow various users to work comfortably.

Wide working space and high NA

Wide working space and high NA

WD60mm and NA0.15 from the 1x objective
The 1x objective has a WD (60mm) that gives the user room to move and an NA (0.15) that meets the needs of advanced research. Also available are 0.8x objectives that have a longer WD of 81mm, which provides not only a larger working space between objective lenses and sample but also a total magnification of 5.6x-92x (using WHN10x-H).


2x objectives with ease of access and correction collar

2x objectives with ease of access and correction collar
The intelligent design allows easy access to objectives and delivers a high NA of 0.3 for easy selection of specimens. An additional correction collar can adjust image quality independently of the specimen — a first in stereomicroscopes.


Ergonomic design for user-friendly base

High-level transmitted light illumination base

Offering a wide working space in which users can place several Petri dishes, these illumination bases have an ergonomic, beveled design for users to work comfortably and naturally.

High-level transmitted light illumination base (SZX2-ILLB)
This unit provides effective contrast from oblique illumination and easily selected “High” and “low” contrast settings. Light volume and color temperature are adjusted by means of built-in filters (LBD/ND). It also has a cooling fan to prevent overheating of the base surface.

Brightfield/darkfield transmitted light illumination base (SZX2-ILLD)
This base enables darkfield observation under illumination twice as bright as conventional models. Flat and thin specimens like brain tissue slices are vividly displayed on a black background. A cooling fan prevents the illumination base surface from overheating.

Transmitted light illumination base (SZX2-ILLK)
Offering outstanding cost-efficient performance, this illumination base uses oblique illumination to provide highcontrast images of transparent specimens.

Slim 41mm LED illumination base

Slim LED transmitted light illumination base (SZX2-ILLT)
With a slim design of 41mm — approximately half that of conventional models — this transmitted light illumination base has a lower height to enable a low eyepoint and easy access to base-mounted samples during observation and operation. The world's first LED 4-position turret enables contrast adjustment between brightfield, oblique, and darkfield illumination with a simple turn. This makes the SZX16 the all-in-one microscope for various samples and observation tasks. Another advantage of LED illumination is keeping down the temperature of the base surface, which is suitable for long-time manipulation of live specimens. Power consumption is about half that of a conventional 30W Halogen light source. A life cycle of over 10,000 hours significantly reduces operation costs.

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