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To be on the safe side, I went with a Canon R10 instead.

I'm considering getting a Nikon Z30 to be attached to my trinocular port for direct projection on a compound microscope. The microscope is Motic Panthera C2 (infinity optics). The only thing holding me back is that this camera has no anti aliasing filter. How much of an issue would this pose? Can an...

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Thanks for the input. I've decided on a Motic Panthera C2, with 4x, 10x, 20x, 40x, 60x objectives and a nikon full frame camera mount. It may take a month to get to me. I'm looking forward to using it!

What swayed me to the Panthera is the UC objectives.

Phill Brown wrote: ↑

Sun May 28, 2023 6:38 am

If I remember correctly an 82c filter knocks out the blue.
That way you get both.
Usually possible to get a camera filter to drop over the field lens.

When using filters, will there not be any loss of spectrum?

I think I'll get a Motic BA310E with a Halogen bulb (only because the seller doesn't offer a package with LED). I would like to add an LED module. I would then be able to compare and contrast between the Halogen vs the LED which might be fun at the beginning, but I'd imagine I'd just stick with the ...

I'm going to have a quintuple nosepiece. What's the most optimal combination of objectives to buy/use? I'd imagine 4x BF is essential. I would like to get 1 phase contrast objective in the mix, but it seems that the combination of brightfields (4x, 10x, 20x, 40x, 60x) would be nice to have, which me...

FWIW, around $2200 US could probably buy you a used Olympus BX40, equipped with either halogen or LED, polarization, and phase contrast. The BX40 is a half step above all of those other microscopes in terms of the stand and the optics. If they're UPlan Fl optics (semi-apo fluorite), a full step. Th...

Phill Brown wrote: ↑

Thu May 25, 2023 8:14 am

tacky build quality is frustrating.

This is my main fear about amscope. It's tricky though, it needs someone who has used both amscope vs a "better" scope to be able to say how big (or small) a difference it is and whether it's worth going more expensive.

My wife says, if we get the Amscope, the extra money can be used to get a stereo microscope, instead of just ending up with a limited functionality on Nikon/Motic/Zeiss.

I've just realised, that a Motic Panthera Phase Package (https://www.optics-pro.com/phase-contrast-microscopes/motic-microscope-mikroskop-panthera-c2-phase-package-trino-infinity-plan-achro-40x-400x-halogen-led/p,73957) is exactly the same as Zeiss Primostar 3 which has one configuration exactly lik...

Hi, I'm looking at buying a microscope, having never owned one before. I'm located in Australia. Finding a used one that's actually a good value is near impossible. The used ones are asking more than $1000 for a basic microscope in a rather poor condition. So I am ruling out buying used. I definitel...