Microscopy Forum

shopping for a new scope I am considering the amscope t680a.

any and all advice is greatly appreciated.

bruce

Hi Bruce,

It has all the bells and whistles, but it is a old standard, the instrument is supplied with Achromatic objectives and not Plan Achromatic objectives which I would recommend particularly  if you are going to do photomicrography. Also it still uses the old fixed tube length of 160mm this is not necessarily a bad thing as you should be able to use second hand objectives from any of the top end makers who used this standard before adopting the infinity optical systems. ( there are some pit falls though )

Also be aware that the description/ specifications has one believe that the microscope comes with a 4x 10x 20x 40x 100x objective

But the packing list only lists  4x 10x 40x 100x objective. 

The lamp is 20watts which should be ok.

Ask Amscope if you can upgrade to the Plan objectives. Of course its difficult to say any thing useful about the quality of the instrument with out actually seeing it, but going by the specs it could be OK

Molehill