{"title":"Microscopes from £100 to £250","description":"\u003cp\u003eFamilies, GCSE and A-level students and adult hobbyists tend to land in this band, because it's where metal bodies, mains power and achromatic glass become standard. Compound models include the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-rainbow-2l-plus-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk Rainbow 2L PLUS microscope\"\u003eLevenhuk Rainbow 2L PLUS\u003c\/a\u003e, the Rainbow 50L PLUS, the Levenhuk 400M, the Bresser Biorit SE, the Bresser Erudit Basic with two eyepieces and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-erudit-dlx-40-1000x-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Erudit DLX 40-1000x microscope\"\u003eBresser Erudit DLX\u003c\/a\u003e, which reaches 1000x with oil immersion. Stereo models for insects, coins and circuit boards are the Levenhuk 2ST, 3ST and 5ST, the Bresser Erudit ICD and Researcher ICD and the Analyth STR. With a screen there's the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-dtx-350-lcd-digital-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk DTX 350 LCD digital microscope\"\u003eLevenhuk DTX 350\u003c\/a\u003e, the DTX 500, the DTX RC1 and RC2 and the Bresser LCD 50-2000x, while the DTX 90 and DST-1028 plug into a computer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat changes above £100\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eMetal bodies and rack-and-pinion focusing that holds its position. Achromatic objectives, which are lenses corrected so colours focus in the same plane and the edge of a cell isn't fringed with purple. Mains power on nearly everything, a mechanical stage on the Erudit DLX, and 5 MP sensors on the DTX 500, DTX 90 and DST-1028 with stands steady enough for 300x.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhich type at this price\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor school biology and pond water, a compound microscope. For anything you can hold, a stereo. For sharing with a group, repairing electronics or keeping photos, a digital model with a screen. The \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/which-microscope-do-i-need\" title=\"Which microscope do I need?\"\u003etypes guide\u003c\/a\u003e settles it in five minutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003e£100 to £250 FAQs\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eShould I stretch to the next band?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly for a trinocular port or magnification to 2000x, both of which start in the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscopes-250-500\" title=\"Microscopes from £250 to £500\"\u003e£250 to £500 band\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"levenhuk-rainbow-50l-plus-microscope","title":"Levenhuk Rainbow 50L PLUS Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Rainbow 50L PLUS is the step up from a first microscope to one that will still be in use at GCSE and beyond. The body is metal, the three objectives are achromatic (corrected for the colour fringing you see on cheaper lenses), and the monocular head turns through 360 degrees so two people can share it without moving the microscope. The 16x eyepiece gives 64x, 160x and 640x with the three objectives, and the included 2x Barlow lens doubles each of those to a maximum of 1280x.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's worth being honest about that top figure. Above about 640x the extra magnification enlarges the image without adding detail, and most of the time you'll work between 64x and 400x. What you're paying for over the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-rainbow-2l-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk Rainbow 2L microscope\"\u003eRainbow 2L\u003c\/a\u003e is the lens quality, the metal body and the case, not the number.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLighting is LED from above and below with adjustable brightness, so it shows thin plant sections and tiny crustaceans lit from below, and paper fibres and coins lit from above. It runs from the mains adapter in the box or two AA batteries, which aren't included. The 90 by 90 mm stage has clips, a six-hole diaphragm disc and a glass condenser, and focus is a single coarse knob.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe box includes a hard plastic carry case and Levenhuk's K50 experiment kit, with five prepared slides, five blanks, forceps, a dropper, a microtome and a brine shrimp hatchery. For more specimens, add the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-n20-ng-prepared-slides-set\" title=\"Levenhuk N20 NG prepared slides set\"\u003eN20 NG set\u003c\/a\u003e; to photograph what you see, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-a10-smartphone-adapter\" title=\"Levenhuk A10 smartphone adapter\"\u003eA10 phone adapter\u003c\/a\u003e fits the eyepiece. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-rainbow-50l-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk Rainbow 50L microscope\"\u003eRainbow 50L\u003c\/a\u003e below it has the same Barlow lens and carry case for less, with a plastic body and a top of 800x, and the other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/compound-microscopes\" title=\"Compound microscopes\"\u003ecompound microscopes\u003c\/a\u003e are listed together. Available in Azure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Azure","offer_id":67751591739756,"sku":"69078","price":168.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/69078_levenhuk-rainbow-50l-plus-azure_00.jpg?v=1792279015"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-dtx-350-lcd-digital-microscope","title":"Levenhuk DTX 350 LCD Digital Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe DTX 350 LCD is a digital microscope with a 4.3-inch colour screen, so you look at a display rather than through an eyepiece and the whole table can see at once. The built-in camera gives 20x to 300x on the screen, which covers coins and stamps, plants and seeds, fabric and print, and inspection of small electronics. Eight LEDs light the object from above with adjustable brightness, and the stand has a 120 by 165 mm stage with a measuring scale and clips.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt runs for up to seven hours on its built-in 2500 mAh battery, or from any USB power source, and photos and video save to a microSD card (a 1 GB card is included; it takes cards up to 32 GB). The camera sensor is 0.3 megapixels, which is sharp on the built-in screen and fine for sharing, but soft if you print or enlarge; if photos matter, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-dtx-500-lcd-digital-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk DTX 500 LCD digital microscope\"\u003eDTX 500\u003c\/a\u003e with its 5-megapixel sensor is the one to choose. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-dtx-30-usb-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk DTX 30 USB microscope\"\u003eDTX 30\u003c\/a\u003e below it costs less and shows the picture on a laptop instead of its own screen. The DTX 350 can also connect to a Windows or Mac computer over USB and output to an external screen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFocus travel is 5 to 80 mm, enough for tweezers under the lens but tight for a soldering iron. Because it lights from above, it's for solid objects; for prepared slides and pond water you want a \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/compound-microscopes\" title=\"Compound microscopes\"\u003ecompound microscope\u003c\/a\u003e. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/best-digital-microscope\" title=\"The best digital microscope with a screen\"\u003edigital microscope guide\u003c\/a\u003e explains why a screen model beats a USB stick for most adults.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the box are the microscope, stand, USB cable, microSD card, software CD and manual. A mains adapter isn't included; any USB phone charger powers it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67751591772524,"sku":"74768","price":151.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/74768_levenhuk-digital-microscope-dtx-350-lcd_00.jpg?v=1792279016"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-dtx-500-lcd-digital-microscope","title":"Levenhuk DTX 500 LCD Digital Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe DTX 500 LCD is the digital microscope to choose when the photos and measurements matter as much as the viewing. It has a 5-megapixel sensor behind a 3.5-inch colour screen, 20x to 500x magnification on the screen, and software for Windows and Mac that measures lengths, areas, angles and radii from a calibrated image. That makes it a working tool for electronics repair, coin and stamp grading, watch and jewellery work, and recording plant and insect specimens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stand is the other reason to pick it over the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-dtx-350-lcd-digital-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk DTX 350 LCD digital microscope\"\u003eDTX 350\u003c\/a\u003e. The 95 by 98 mm stage moves 40 mm vertically and carries an 8 by 6 cm measuring scale, and the focus range is 0 to 150 mm, which leaves room for a soldering iron or a screwdriver under the lens. Eight white LEDs light the object from above with adjustable brightness, which you'll want turned down for polished metal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt runs from the mains adapter in the box (100 to 240 V) or a rechargeable 1050 mAh battery good for about two hours, and saves photos and video to a microSD card of up to 32 GB (not included). Outputs are USB 2.0 to a computer and AV to a television or projector, which suits a classroom or club.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe magnification is digital rather than through an eyepiece, and the microscope lights from above, so it's for solid, opaque objects. Prepared slides and pond water need a \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/compound-microscopes\" title=\"Compound microscopes\"\u003ecompound microscope\u003c\/a\u003e. The box includes the microscope, mains adapter, battery, USB and AV cables, a cleaning wipe, a calibration scale, software CD and manual.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67751591805292,"sku":"61024","price":227.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/61024_levenhuk-dtx-500-lcd-microscope_00.jpg?v=1792279017"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-2st-stereo-microscope","title":"Levenhuk 2ST Stereo Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 2ST is a stereo microscope for looking at whole, solid things in three dimensions: insects, flowers and seeds, coins and stamps, rocks and minerals, and circuit boards. It has a binocular head with two 10x eyepieces and a single 4x objective, giving a fixed 40x, with 60 mm of working distance between the lens and the stage, which is room enough for tweezers, a pin or a fine soldering tip. The eyepieces adjust by five dioptres each way, so you can correct for a difference between your eyes without glasses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe body and stand are metal, the stage is a 58 mm plate that flips between black and white backgrounds to suit light and dark specimens, and coarse focus has 40 mm of travel. There's no built-in light. The 2ST works by daylight or a desk lamp, which keeps the price down and suits occasional use; if you'll use it every evening, a small LED desk lamp angled onto the stage is all you need.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt a fixed 40x it sits at the higher-power end for a stereo microscope. That's ideal for small insects, seeds and detail on coins, and a little close for a whole large beetle or a full circuit board, where 10x to 20x shows more at once. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/which-microscope-do-i-need\" title=\"Which microscope do I need? Our guide\"\u003etypes guide\u003c\/a\u003e explains when to choose stereo over compound. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-5st-stereo-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk 5ST stereo microscope\"\u003e5ST\u003c\/a\u003e above it adds LED light above and below the stage, a 20x setting and 160 mm under the lens, and the rest of our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/stereo-microscopes\" title=\"Stereo microscopes\"\u003estereo microscopes\u003c\/a\u003e are listed together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the box are the microscope with binocular head, two WF10x eyepieces, the 4x objective, the reversible stage plate, rubber eyecups, a dust cover and the manual. To photograph what you see, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-a10-smartphone-adapter\" title=\"Levenhuk A10 smartphone adapter\"\u003eA10 phone adapter\u003c\/a\u003e fits the 30.5 mm eyepieces.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67751591870828,"sku":"35322","price":122.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/levenhuk-micro-2st_LTvx1H4.jpg?v=1792279020"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-5st-stereo-microscope","title":"Levenhuk 5ST Stereo Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 5ST is a binocular stereo microscope for looking at solid objects in 3D, and it's the one to choose over the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-2st-stereo-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk 2ST stereo microscope\"\u003e2ST\u003c\/a\u003e if you want the light built in. It has LED lights above and below the stage with adjustable brightness, so it shows a beetle or a coin lit from above and a leaf or a thin slice of mineral lit from beneath. Magnification is 20x and 40x, from 2x and 4x objectives and two 10x eyepieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe working distance is 160 mm, against 60 mm on the 2ST, so a fossil, a watch movement, a piece of jewellery or a folded textile fits on the stage with room to work around it, and the focus wheel travels 100 mm to match. The body is metal, the eye spacing adjusts from 54 to 76 mm, and the stage takes a matte glass plate or a black and white plate depending on which way the object is lit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt runs from mains power with no battery option and weighs just over 5 kg boxed, so it belongs on a desk rather than in a bag. Levenhuk says the magnification can't be raised above 40x. A Levenhuk digital camera, sold separately, fits in the eyepiece tube in place of an eyepiece. For cells and microorganisms you need a \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/compound-microscopes\" title=\"Compound microscopes\"\u003ecompound microscope\u003c\/a\u003e instead, and our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/which-microscope-do-i-need\" title=\"Which microscope do I need? Our guide\"\u003etypes guide\u003c\/a\u003e explains the difference.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67757503807852,"sku":"35321","price":227.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/levenhuk-micro-5st_c2dwi8t.jpg?v=1792351094"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-rainbow-2l-plus-microscope","title":"Levenhuk Rainbow 2L PLUS Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Rainbow 2L PLUS is the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-rainbow-2l-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk Rainbow 2L microscope\"\u003eRainbow 2L\u003c\/a\u003e with better optics and a metal body. The objectives are achromatic glass, the eyepiece is 16x rather than 10x, and magnification runs from 64x to 640x. The 40x objective is spring-loaded, so it gives way rather than cracking a slide if you focus down too far, which helps while a child is learning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLighting is LED from above and below with adjustable brightness, so it shows prepared slides and pond water lit from beneath and a leaf or a coin lit from above. The head sits at 45 degrees and rotates through 360 degrees, so two people can take turns without moving the microscope. It runs from the mains adapter in the box or from three AA batteries, which aren't included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLevenhuk's K50 experiment kit comes with it, with prepared specimens, blank slides, tools and an illustrated guide. Cover slips aren't in the box, and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-g100-cover-slips\" title=\"Levenhuk G100 cover slips\"\u003eG100 cover slips\u003c\/a\u003e add a hundred. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-rainbow-50l-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk Rainbow 50L microscope\"\u003eRainbow 50L\u003c\/a\u003e above it reaches 800x with a Barlow lens and comes in a carry case, and the other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscopes-for-kids\" title=\"Microscopes for kids and home education\"\u003emicroscopes for kids\u003c\/a\u003e are listed together. Available in Azure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Azure","offer_id":67757503840620,"sku":"69068","price":101.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/69068_levenhuk-rainbow-2l-plus-azure_00.jpg?v=1792351096"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-rainbow-50l-microscope","title":"Levenhuk Rainbow 50L Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Rainbow 50L is a compound microscope with a 2x Barlow lens, which doubles each setting and takes it from 40x to 800x in six steps (40x, 80x, 100x, 200x, 400x and 800x). The objectives are achromatic glass and the 40x is spring-loaded, so it retracts if it touches the slide. The 10x eyepiece sits on a head that turns through 360 degrees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt has LED lighting above and below with adjustable brightness, runs from the mains adapter or two AA batteries (not included), and comes in a plastic carry case that holds the microscope and its accessories, which suits a club or a classroom. Light from below shows life in a drop of aquarium water or the cells of a plant, and light from above shows the surface of a small stone or fine scratches on metal. The body is plastic, so it's lighter to carry than the metal \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-rainbow-50l-plus-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk Rainbow 50L PLUS microscope\"\u003eRainbow 50L PLUS\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLevenhuk's K50 experiment kit is in the box with prepared specimens, blank slides, tools and a guide. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-rainbow-2l-plus-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk Rainbow 2L PLUS microscope\"\u003eRainbow 2L PLUS\u003c\/a\u003e below it has a metal body for less money, and the Rainbow 50L PLUS above it adds a metal body and goes to 1280x. The other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/compound-microscopes\" title=\"Compound microscopes\"\u003ecompound microscopes\u003c\/a\u003e are listed together. Available in Azure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Azure","offer_id":67757504299372,"sku":"69073","price":143.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/69073_levenhuk-rainbow-50l-azure_00.jpg?v=1792351184"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-m300-base-microscope-camera","title":"Levenhuk M300 BASE Microscope Camera","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe M300 BASE is a microscope camera that replaces the eyepiece. You take the eyepiece out of a compound microscope with a standard 23.2 mm tube, slide the camera in, and plug it into a computer by USB, which also powers it. The live picture appears on the screen, where you can save photos as JPG, BMP, PNG or TIF and record video.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sensor is a 3 MP colour CMOS with a top resolution of 2048 by 1536. It captures 3 frames a second at full resolution and 7.5 at 1280 by 1024, so it suits still photos and slow-moving specimens better than smooth video. Levenhuk's software comes on CD and as a download, and the camera works with Windows 8, 10 and 11, macOS and Linux.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt fits the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/compound-microscopes\" title=\"Compound microscopes\"\u003eRainbow microscopes\u003c\/a\u003e, which have 23.2 mm tubes and take Levenhuk's eyepiece cameras, and the LabZZ M4 stereo microscope, whose tubes are 23.2 mm too. For a tube of another size, Levenhuk says to buy an adapter. It can't go on the LabZZ M101, whose eyepiece doesn't come out, and it can't connect to a phone. For phone photos through any eyepiece, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-a10-smartphone-adapter\" title=\"Levenhuk A10 smartphone adapter\"\u003eA10 phone adapter\u003c\/a\u003e is the cheaper route.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67757505413484,"sku":"70355","price":135.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/levenhuk-digital-camera-m300-base_uEMGSvD.jpg?v=1792351299"},{"product_id":"bresser-biolux-nv-20-1280x-microscope","title":"Bresser Biolux NV 20-1280x Microscope with HD Camera","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Biolux NV is a compound microscope with an HD camera, for a family, home educator or hobbyist who wants to see the picture on a computer as well as through the eyepiece. The camera slides into the eyepiece tube in place of the eyepiece and sends a 1280 by 720 picture over USB to a Windows 10 or 11 computer, where Bresser's software saves photos as JPG and video as AVI.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe body is metal, the LEDs above and below the stage have a dimmer and a switch between them, and a filter wheel changes the light for each sample. A mechanical stage moves the slide with knobs, which helps at high power when a nudge by hand sends the sample out of view. Objectives of 4x, 10x and 40x, eyepieces of 5x and 16x and a 2x Barlow lens give 20x to 1280x, and the low 20x setting suits whole insects and leaves under the top light, up to about 4 mm tall. Three AA batteries power the lights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA hard case, a dust cover, five prepared slides, five blank slides with cover slips and a set of tools are included. The software doesn't run on a Mac or a Chromebook; our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-camera-guide\" title=\"Microscope cameras and phone adapters\"\u003emicroscope camera guide\u003c\/a\u003e compares it with phone adapters and eyepiece cameras. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-junior-biolux-sel-40-1600x-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Junior Biolux SEL 40-1600x microscope\"\u003eBiolux SEL\u003c\/a\u003e below it has no camera and a lighter body, and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-erudit-basic-40-400x-binocular-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Erudit Basic 40-400x microscope\"\u003eErudit Basic\u003c\/a\u003e above it has achromatic DIN lenses and coarse and fine focus. The other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/compound-microscopes\" title=\"Compound microscopes\"\u003ecompound microscopes\u003c\/a\u003e go further on optics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67769387057516,"sku":"5116200","price":160.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/70209_bresser-microscope-biolux-nv-20-1280x_00.jpg?v=1792429088"},{"product_id":"bresser-erudit-basic-40-400x-binocular-microscope","title":"Bresser Erudit Basic 40-400x Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Erudit Basic is a compound microscope for school and hobby biology, made in two versions: a monocular with one eyepiece, and a binocular for looking with both eyes, which is easier over a long session. Both are for slides, such as thin plant sections, pond water and blood smears, and Bresser also suggests them for checking pets and livestock for parasites such as coccidia and worms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMagnification is 40x, 100x and 400x from achromatic DIN objectives of 4x, 10x and 40x, with the 40x spring-loaded so it gives if it touches a slide, and 10x eyepieces in 23.2 mm tubes. 400x is the top, so there's no immersion oil to handle. Under the stage is a height-adjustable Abbe condenser (N.A. 1.25) with a diaphragm and a filter holder, the coaxial mechanical stage moves the slide on two axes, and focus has coarse and fine controls on one shaft. The head turns all the way round, and the binocular version adds dioptre adjustment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe LED runs on batteries, so it works on a field trip or in a classroom with no socket nearby. A carry case, a smartphone holder and a box of prepared slides, blank slides and cover slips are included. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/how-to-use-a-microscope\" title=\"How to use a microscope\"\u003eguide to setting up a microscope\u003c\/a\u003e walks through the condenser and focus for a first slide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-biolux-nv-20-1280x-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Biolux NV 20-1280x microscope with HD camera\"\u003eBiolux NV\u003c\/a\u003e below it is the one to pick if you want an HD camera and a light above the stage as well. For bacteria at 1000x, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-erudit-dlx-40-1000x-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Erudit DLX 40-1000x microscope\"\u003eErudit DLX\u003c\/a\u003e adds a 100x oil objective and a rechargeable battery, and the other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/compound-microscopes\" title=\"Compound microscopes\"\u003ecompound microscopes\u003c\/a\u003e cover the range above it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Binocular","offer_id":67769440567660,"sku":"5102200","price":245.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Monocular","offer_id":68019732578668,"sku":"5102100","price":189.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/73761_bresser-microscope-erudit-basic-40-400x_00.jpg?v=1792429161"},{"product_id":"bresser-erudit-icd-stereo-microscope","title":"Bresser Erudit ICD 20-40x Stereo Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Erudit ICD is a binocular stereo microscope, which shows solid things in 3D at 20x and 40x: insects, seeds, flowers, rocks, coins and stamps. There's nothing to prepare, so it suits children as well as adults, since you put the object on the stage and look. Bresser gives 53 mm as the maximum object height, enough for a beetle or a small fossil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt has LED light from above and from below, with a brightness control, so a stone is lit from above and a leaf or a thin slice of mineral from underneath. It runs on three AA batteries, which aren't listed in the box. The eye spacing adjusts from 51 to 79 mm with dioptre correction, the stage takes a clear glass plate or a black and white plate for contrast, and magnification changes by turning the 2x and 4x objective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA carry case, a smartphone holder for photos, rubber eyecups and two 10x eyepieces in 30.5 mm tubes are included. It doesn't show cells, which need a \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/compound-microscopes\" title=\"Compound microscopes\"\u003ecompound microscope\u003c\/a\u003e, and our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/which-microscope-do-i-need\" title=\"Which microscope do I need?\"\u003eguide to stereo, compound and digital models\u003c\/a\u003e sets out the difference. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-labzz-m4-stereo-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk LabZZ M4 stereo microscope\"\u003eLevenhuk LabZZ M4\u003c\/a\u003e below it is a smaller, lighter stereo for a child, with the light above only, and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-researcher-icd-led-20-80x-stereo-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Researcher ICD LED 20-80x stereo microscope\"\u003eResearcher ICD\u003c\/a\u003e above it goes to 80x and runs from the mains.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67769454362988,"sku":"5803600","price":189.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/74313_bresser-erudit-icd-20x-40x-stereo-microscope_00.jpg?v=1792429220"},{"product_id":"bresser-lcd-50-2000x-digital-microscope","title":"Bresser LCD 50-2000x Digital Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Bresser LCD microscope has a 3.5-inch screen where the eyepiece would be, so two or three people can watch the same slide at once. That suits children, glasses wearers and anyone who finds an eyepiece awkward. Behind the screen is a 5 MP camera that saves photos and video to an SD card (up to 32 GB), and a USB port copies them to a computer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eObjectives of 4x, 10x and 40x give 50x to 500x of real magnification, and a 4x digital zoom takes the picture up to 2000x, which enlarges it without adding detail. The LED shines up through slides of onion skin, moss leaves or pond water, and a second LED lights small solid things from above, up to about 3 mm tall. A colour filter wheel and a mechanical stage with a Vernier scale complete the stand, and it runs from mains power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe kit is a generous one, with five prepared slides, ten blank slides, twenty cover slips, a USB cable, a microtome, a hatchery with brine shrimp eggs and sea salt, yeast, scissors, tweezers, a pipette and two dissecting needles. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/best-digital-microscope\" title=\"The best digital microscope with a screen\"\u003eguide to digital microscopes with a screen\u003c\/a\u003e compares it with the stand models. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-rainbow-dm500-lcd-digital-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk Rainbow DM500 LCD digital microscope\"\u003eRainbow DM500\u003c\/a\u003e has a bigger tilting screen and a battery but less magnification for slides, and the other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/digital-microscopes\" title=\"Digital microscopes\"\u003edigital microscopes\u003c\/a\u003e are grouped together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67769469272428,"sku":"5201000","price":231.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/microscope-bresser-lcd-40x-1600x_SsRfGGa.jpg?v=1792429284"},{"product_id":"bresser-dst-1028-usb-digital-microscope","title":"Bresser DST-1028 10-280x USB Digital Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe DST-1028 is a USB microscope on a metal stand. It plugs into a Windows 10 or 11 computer, which powers it and shows the picture from its 5 MP CMOS sensor, and a continuous zoom lens covers 10x to 280x. It's for solid things, such as circuit boards and components, solder joints, coins, stamps, watches, printed documents, insects and plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the lowest setting there's 110 mm between the lens and the subject, so a soldering iron or tweezers fit underneath, and the stand adjusts in height for tall or flat objects. Eight LEDs in a ring around the lens light the subject, with a dimmer on the 1.2 m cable. Bresser gives the field of view as 42 by 32 mm at 10x, 4.2 by 3.2 mm at 100x and 1.6 by 1.2 mm at 280x, so the low end shows a whole coin and the top end a single solder pad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe software is a download for Windows only, so it isn't one for a Mac or a Chromebook, and it lights from above only, so slides and pond life need a compound microscope instead. Our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscopes-for-electronics\" title=\"Microscopes for electronics and soldering\"\u003emicroscopes for electronics\u003c\/a\u003e page lists the alternatives, and the \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/best-digital-microscope\" title=\"The best digital microscope with a screen\"\u003edigital microscope guide\u003c\/a\u003e explains when a model with its own screen makes more sense. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-dtx-90-usb-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk DTX 90 USB microscope\"\u003eDTX 90\u003c\/a\u003e below it costs less and works with a Mac, and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-dtx-500-mobi-digital-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk DTX 500 Mobi handheld digital microscope\"\u003eLevenhuk DTX 500 Mobi\u003c\/a\u003e above it has a built-in screen and battery, so it needs no computer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67769487163756,"sku":"5808600","price":160.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/78983_bresser-usb-digital-microscope-dst1028_00.jpg?v=1792429349"},{"product_id":"bresser-prepared-slides-set-100","title":"Bresser Prepared Slides Set, 100 Slides","description":"\u003cp\u003eA hundred prepared slides in a plastic box, labelled in English and German. Most are stained for contrast. It's a bigger and more advanced set than our Levenhuk ones, with the sections and tissues that turn up in school and college biology, such as mitosis in an onion root tip, a human blood smear, male and female human chromosomes, a cross-section of a corn stem, and lung, liver, kidney and spinal cord.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe range runs from three types of bacteria, moulds such as Penicillium and Aspergillus, algae, diatoms and pollen, through fern, pine, lily and moss sections, to insect mouthparts and a honey bee's hind leg, hydra, planaria and daphnia. The animal and human tissue sections include heart, skeletal and smooth muscle, bone, tendon, stomach, small intestine and lymph node, plus a DNA and RNA slide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe slides need a microscope that lights from below, so any \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/compound-microscopes\" title=\"Compound microscopes\"\u003ecompound microscope\u003c\/a\u003e, and many of the sections are at their best at 400x or more, which makes it a good match for the Erudit and Researcher models. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-slides-guide\" title=\"Prepared microscope slides, and how to make your own\"\u003eguide to prepared slides\u003c\/a\u003e explains what the stains and section labels mean. It isn't a children's set; for a younger child, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-n20-ng-prepared-slides-set\" title=\"Levenhuk N20 NG prepared slides set\"\u003eN20 NG\u003c\/a\u003e has 20 everyday specimens.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67769505579372,"sku":"5986003","price":122.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/73765_bresser-prepared-slides-100pcs-with-case_00.jpg?v=1792429424"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-dtx-90-usb-microscope","title":"Levenhuk DTX 90 USB Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe DTX 90 is a USB microscope with a 5 MP camera and a proper stand, with a 120 by 165 mm stage marked with a measuring scale, two clips, and a focus column that gives up to 150 mm under the lens. It plugs into a Windows or Mac computer, which powers it and shows the picture at 10x to 300x on screen. Levenhuk built it for precise work but says it takes no special skills, so it suits a beginner at home as well as someone checking small parts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEight white LEDs around the lens light the subject, with adjustable brightness. The software saves photos and video at up to 2592 by 1944 and measures lengths, perimeters, radii, diameters and angles, and there's a calibration scale in the box to set it up. The camera lifts off the stand if you want to use it in the hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike every USB microscope it lights from above, so it's for coins, stamps, circuit boards, fabric, insects and plants rather than slides or pond life. Levenhuk says it doesn't take other cameras. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-dtx-30-usb-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk DTX 30 USB microscope\"\u003eDTX 30\u003c\/a\u003e is smaller with a 2 MP camera and a tripod, and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-dst-1028-usb-digital-microscope\" title=\"Bresser DST-1028 USB digital microscope\"\u003eBresser DST-1028\u003c\/a\u003e has a metal stand but Windows-only software. The rest of our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/handheld-microscopes\" title=\"Handheld and USB microscopes\"\u003ehandheld and USB microscopes\u003c\/a\u003e are listed together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67769505612140,"sku":"61022","price":126.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/levenhuk-microscope-dtx-90_s4Tl86U.jpg?v=1792429426"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-dtx-500-mobi-digital-microscope","title":"Levenhuk DTX 500 Mobi Handheld Digital Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe DTX 500 Mobi is a handheld digital microscope with its own rotating 3-inch screen and a rechargeable battery that Levenhuk rates at about four hours. You hold it over a surface, or stand it on its tripod, and see 20x to 500x on the screen. Levenhuk also lists a smooth digital zoom of up to 4x. Photos and video from its 5 MP camera save to a microSD card of up to 32 GB, which isn't included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause it needs no computer, it goes where a bench microscope can't, such as the garden, a field trip or a stamp fair, and Levenhuk suggests it for checking fruit and vegetables for mould. Eight LEDs with adjustable brightness light the subject from the front. It also connects to a Windows or Mac computer by USB, with software that measures lengths, radii and angles, and to a TV through the AV cable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt comes with a tripod, a pouch, a strap, a cleaning wipe and a mains adapter for charging. It lights from the front only, so it's for surfaces rather than slides. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-dtx-350-lcd-digital-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk DTX 350 LCD digital microscope\"\u003eDTX 350 LCD\u003c\/a\u003e has a bigger 4.3-inch screen on a stand. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-dst-1028-usb-digital-microscope\" title=\"Bresser DST-1028 USB digital microscope\"\u003eBresser DST-1028\u003c\/a\u003e below it shows the picture on a Windows computer instead and sits on a metal stand with room for tools, and the rest of our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/handheld-microscopes\" title=\"Handheld and USB microscopes\"\u003ehandheld and USB microscopes\u003c\/a\u003e are listed together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67769525600620,"sku":"61023","price":202.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/levenhuk-microscope-dtx-500-mobi_87OACYr.jpg?v=1792429497"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-dtx-rc1-digital-microscope","title":"Levenhuk DTX RC1 Remote Controlled Digital Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe DTX RC1 is a digital microscope with a 4.3-inch screen on a stand and two remote controls, a wireless one for zoom, photos and video and a wired one on the cable for power and lighting. Using the remote means you don't touch the microscope while you take a picture, which is what usually blurs it. Total magnification on the screen is 3x to 220x, optical and digital combined. Levenhuk aims it at work on jewellery, watch movements and circuit boards, and the wireless remote makes it handy for presentations and group work too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs well as the light inside the lens, it has two LED spotlights on flexible arms that bend to light a watch movement, a circuit board or an engraved surface from the side. The stage is 100 by 160 mm and focus travels 23 mm. Photos save at up to 4032 by 3024, interpolated from a 1 MP sensor, and video at 1080p to a microSD card, which isn't included, and it connects to a Windows or Mac computer by USB.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePower comes through a USB cable from the mains adapter in the box, and there's no battery. The wireless remote takes a CR2025 coin cell, also not included, and Levenhuk lists a UV filter in the box. It doesn't take slides. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-dtx-700-lcd-digital-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk DTX 700 LCD digital microscope\"\u003eDTX 700 LCD\u003c\/a\u003e above it has a bigger 5-inch screen, more magnification and a battery, and the rest of our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/digital-microscopes\" title=\"Digital microscopes\"\u003edigital microscopes\u003c\/a\u003e are listed together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67769526157676,"sku":"76821","price":151.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/76821_levenhuk-dtx-rc1-remote-controlled-microscope_00.jpg?v=1792429499"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-rainbow-dm500-lcd-digital-microscope","title":"Levenhuk Rainbow DM500 LCD Digital Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Rainbow DM500 is a digital microscope with a 5-inch screen that tilts, and lights above and below the stage, so it shows solid things such as coins, stones and insects and also see-through things such as prepared slides. Levenhuk rates it for beginners, and the screen suits a child who finds an eyepiece awkward. Optical magnification is 7x to 50x, and the digital zoom takes it to 200x. That low range suits whole insects, leaves and the twelve prepared slides in the box, but it won't show individual cells the way a compound microscope at 400x does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt runs on its built-in battery for three to four hours (Levenhuk says a full charge takes 16 to 20 hours) or from the USB cable at 5 V 1 A. Photos save at up to 12 MP, interpolated from a 2 MP sensor, and video at 1080p to a microSD card, which isn't included, and a wireless remote takes the picture so the microscope doesn't shake; the remote needs two AAA batteries, also not included. It doesn't connect to a computer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe twelve slides are a locust wing, a honeybee wing and leg, laver, pine and carnation stems, a canary feather, cow hair, a goldfish scale, potato starch, corn stem and onion skin, and the stage has clips and blank slides for your own samples. For cells on a screen at up to 500x optical, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-lcd-50-2000x-digital-microscope\" title=\"Bresser LCD 50-2000x digital microscope\"\u003eBresser LCD 50-2000x\u003c\/a\u003e is the step up, and the other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/digital-microscopes\" title=\"Digital microscopes\"\u003edigital microscopes\u003c\/a\u003e are listed together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67769548898668,"sku":"76826","price":151.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/76826_levenhuk-rainbow-dm500-lcd-digital-microscope_00.jpg?v=1792429572"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-rainbow-d2l-digital-microscope","title":"Levenhuk Rainbow D2L Digital Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Rainbow D2L has the same optics, lighting and stage as our \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-rainbow-2l-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk Rainbow 2L microscope\"\u003eRainbow 2L\u003c\/a\u003e, with a camera added. It's a compound microscope with three glass objectives on a turret, a 10x eyepiece angled at 45 degrees and LED light from above and below, giving 40x to 400x, plus a 0.3 MP camera that goes into the eyepiece tube in place of the eyepiece and shows the slide on a computer screen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe camera works with Windows, Mac and Linux through Levenhuk's software, takes its power from the USB cable, and records photos and video at 640 by 480. That's low by phone standards, enough for watching brine shrimp swim on a laptop or sharing a picture with a class but not for printing. The microscope runs from the mains adapter in the box or from three AA batteries, which aren't included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLevenhuk's K50 experiment kit comes with it, with five prepared slides, five blank slides, forceps, a dropper, a microtome and a brine shrimp hatchery, along with a dust cover. If you don't need the camera, the Rainbow 2L costs less, and the other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscopes-for-kids\" title=\"Microscopes for kids and home education\"\u003emicroscopes for kids\u003c\/a\u003e are listed together. Available in Moonstone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67769549259116,"sku":"69065","price":151.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/69065_levenhuk-rainbow-d2l-moonstone_00.jpg?v=1792429574"},{"product_id":"bresser-analyth-str-10-40x-stereo-microscope","title":"Bresser Analyth STR 10-40x Stereo Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Analyth STR is a stereo microscope at 10x, 20x and 40x, for insects, seeds, minerals, coins, stamps and circuit boards, in a binocular version and a trinocular one with a third tube for a camera. Bresser pitches it at hobbyists, schools and working users in quality control, horticulture and pest control. The low 10x setting shows an object up to 20 mm across in one view, which is why Bresser suggests it for working with children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMagnification changes by turning the objective between 1x, 2x and 4x, and a pair of 10x wide-field eyepieces gives a 20 mm field of view. Eye spacing adjusts from 50 to 77 mm, each eyepiece has dioptre correction, the eyecups are rubber, and a locking screw keeps the eyepieces in place when it's carried. There's about 50 mm between the lens and the stage and objects can be up to 35 mm tall, so there's room for tweezers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLEDs above and below the stage switch separately and dim from a membrane panel with a status display, and the top light's angle adjusts. A frosted glass plate and a black and white plastic plate swap on the stage, with clips to hold a specimen. The metal stand runs from the mains adapter in the box or from three AA batteries, sold separately, for the garden or a field trip.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe trinocular version has a 23.2 mm mount on the third tube, which takes a microscope camera directly and an SLR with an adapter; our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-camera-guide\" title=\"Microscope cameras and phone adapters\"\u003ecamera guide\u003c\/a\u003e explains the options. Both come with a dust cover, and neither shows cells, which need a compound microscope. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-researcher-icd-led-20-80x-stereo-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Researcher ICD LED 20-80x stereo microscope\"\u003eResearcher ICD LED\u003c\/a\u003e below it reaches 80x on a shorter working distance; the Biorit ICD CS above swaps the stand for a boom arm. The other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/stereo-microscopes\" title=\"Stereo microscopes\"\u003estereo microscopes\u003c\/a\u003e are listed together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Binocular","offer_id":68044929991020,"sku":"5803800","price":241.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Trinocular","offer_id":68044930023788,"sku":"5803850","price":283.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/5803800_M_1_v0724.372061fd_1920x1920_88034bdf-9831-4fcd-a638-c7fccd5b38af.avif?v=1793576956"},{"product_id":"bresser-junior-biolux-ca-40-1024x-microscope","title":"Bresser Junior Biolux CA 40-1024x Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Junior Biolux CA is a compound microscope with a metal and plastic body, for a child or a family who wants slides and solid objects on the same instrument. Light comes from under the stage for slides and from above for a coin, a leaf or a dead insect, and Bresser lists botany, insects and education as its uses. The two kits are set out at the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo wide-field eyepieces, 10x and 16x, and three objectives on a turret, 4x, 10x and 40x, give 40x to 640x, and a Barlow lens in the eyepiece tube takes the top figure to 1024x. Past about 400x the picture grows without gaining detail, which our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-magnification-explained\" title=\"Microscope magnification explained\"\u003emagnification guide\u003c\/a\u003e explains, so treat 100x to 400x as the working range. Focus is a single coarse knob, the stage has two clips, and Bresser sells a cross table separately to move the slide by knobs. The top light takes objects up to about 3 mm tall, so a coin works and a pebble doesn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree AA batteries power the lights. The kit with the smartphone holder lists five blank slides, five cover slips, a pipette, mounting medium, a microtome for cutting thin sections, salt, the batteries and a brine shrimp hatching kit with eggs and yeast. Bresser describes the set with case as having the brine shrimp kit and a range of extras without itemising them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe kit with smartphone holder is silver and adds a bracket with suction cups that holds a phone camera over the eyepiece; it weighs 2.48 kg with the case. The set with case is white and has an HD eyepiece camera, 1280 by 720, for a Windows 10 or 11 computer over USB, saving JPG photos and AVI video. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-junior-biolux-sel-40-1600x-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Junior Biolux SEL 40-1600x microscope\"\u003eJunior Biolux SEL\u003c\/a\u003e below it also has light above and below, in a lighter body with a phone holder. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-biolux-nv-20-1280x-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Biolux NV 20-1280x microscope with HD camera\"\u003eBiolux NV\u003c\/a\u003e above it has a mechanical stage and a camera as standard, and our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscopes-for-kids\" title=\"Microscopes for kids and home education\"\u003emicroscopes for kids\u003c\/a\u003e are grouped together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"With smartphone holder","offer_id":68044972425580,"sku":"8855002","price":117.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Set with case","offer_id":68044972458348,"sku":"8855000","price":149.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/8855002_M_01_v0525.2d2f94c8_1920x1920_0eed3681-778b-4029-8ea6-af6f22db4740.avif?v=1793577103"},{"product_id":"bresser-plan-infinity-din-objective","title":"Bresser Plan Infinity DIN Objective","description":"\u003cp\u003eA plan achromatic, infinity-corrected objective in 20x or 60x, made for the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-science-infinity-40-1000x-trinocular-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Science Infinity 40-1000x trinocular microscope\"\u003eScience Infinity\u003c\/a\u003e. Infinity-corrected means the light leaves the lens in parallel rays and a second lens inside the microscope body brings it to focus. An objective of this type only works on a microscope designed for it, so it won't suit the Erudit, Researcher or Bioscience, whose lenses focus directly down a fixed tube.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBresser describes the optics as higher grade than its standard lenses, with a particularly high resolution. The plan correction holds focus across the whole field, so there's no refocusing between the centre and the edge, and Bresser recommends them for photographic work for that reason. The 20x adds a step between the 10x and 40x on the Infinity, and the 60x sits between the 40x and the 100x oil lens for a dry, oil-free view at higher power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 20x weighs 90 g and the 60x 91 g, both 48 mm long. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-magnification-explained\" title=\"Microscope magnification explained\"\u003emagnification guide\u003c\/a\u003e covers what each step resolves, and the other lab parts are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-accessories\" title=\"Microscope accessories\"\u003emicroscope accessories\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"20x","offer_id":68044991267180,"sku":"5941025","price":217.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"60x","offer_id":68044991299948,"sku":"5941065","price":245.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/5941025_M_1.00feb120_1920x1920_3cc02491-3de4-4991-be60-b8ec667e7a19.avif?v=1793577157"},{"product_id":"bresser-mikrocam-sf-microscope-camera","title":"Bresser MikroCam SF Microscope Camera","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe MikroCam SF is a C-mount camera with a Sony sensor, for a lab or school that wants smooth video and measured images. C-mount is the threaded fitting on trinocular microscopes, and adapters in the box also fit 23.2, 30 and 30.5 mm eyepiece tubes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree sensors are on offer. Full HD is 1920 by 1080 pixels on a 5.57 by 3.13 mm sensor at up to 30 frames a second, 5 MP is 2592 by 1944 on 5.18 by 3.89 mm at up to 26, and UHD is 3840 by 2160 on 6.22 by 3.5 mm at up to 30. All three run over USB 2.0 on Windows 10 or 11 with MikroCamLabII, which stacks focus live as you turn the fine focus, stitches mosaics and measures lengths, angles and areas once calibrated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 1.8 m USB cable comes with the camera head, and a 0.5x reduction lens, sold separately, widens the view on a 23.2 mm tube. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-mikrokular-lf-full-hd-microscope-camera\" title=\"Bresser MikrOkular LF Full HD microscope camera\"\u003eMikrOkular LF\u003c\/a\u003e below it is the cheaper eyepiece-only choice, and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-mikrocam-sp-microscope-camera\" title=\"Bresser MikroCam SP microscope camera\"\u003eMikroCam SP\u003c\/a\u003e above it is aimed at colour work, with 2.2 to 2.5 micron pixels. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-camera-guide\" title=\"Microscope cameras and phone adapters\"\u003emicroscope camera guide\u003c\/a\u003e explains C-mount alongside the other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-cameras\" title=\"Microscope cameras and phone adapters\"\u003emicroscope cameras\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Full HD","offer_id":68044992217452,"sku":"5914122","price":164.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"5 MP","offer_id":68044992250220,"sku":"5914522","price":185.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"UHD","offer_id":68044992282988,"sku":"5914822","price":214.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/5914122_M_02_v0325.efb2cb9e_1920x1920_fb826394-5e5b-4858-8b09-47cd9fcf4dff.avif?v=1793577202"},{"product_id":"bresser-analyth-str-10-60x-stereo-microscope","title":"Bresser Analyth STR 10-60x Stereo Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Analyth STR 10-60x is the five-setting version of Bresser's Analyth stereo microscope. Three objective pairs, 1x, 2x and 3x, and two pairs of eyepieces, 10x and 20x, give 10x, 20x, 30x, 40x and 60x, so it takes in a whole beetle at the bottom end and the fine structure of a seed or a solder joint at the top. It's for hobby naturalists, schools, coin and stamp collectors and anyone checking small parts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 10x an object up to 20 mm across fits in the view whole, which is the setting Bresser recommends for children. The eyepieces have a 20 mm field of view and are held by a small screw so they can't drop out, eye spacing adjusts between 50 and 77 mm, and both eyes have dioptre adjustment. Working distance is about 50 mm and objects can be up to 35 mm tall. Focus is coarse only.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLighting is LED from above and below, each switched on its own and dimmed from membrane buttons with a status indicator, and the top light's angle can be changed. Two stage plates come with it, frosted glass for light from beneath and black and white plastic for light from above, with clips. It runs from the mains adapter or three AA batteries (not included), and a carrying handle makes it easy to move between rooms or out to the garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne pair of rubber eyecups, a dust cover and the manual complete the box. Cells need a compound microscope, and our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/which-microscope-do-i-need\" title=\"Which microscope do I need?\"\u003eguide to microscope types\u003c\/a\u003e explains where a stereo model stops. The Researcher ICD LED below it has 20x, 40x and 80x from a 2x and 4x objective; the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-analyth-str-10-40x-stereo-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Analyth STR 10-40x stereo microscope\"\u003eAnalyth STR 10-40x\u003c\/a\u003e above it comes with a trinocular option for a camera. See the rest of our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscopes-for-collectables\" title=\"Microscopes for coins, stamps and collectables\"\u003emicroscopes for collectables\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68044992577900,"sku":"5803860","price":203.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/5803860_M_3_v0819.92f1dcae_1920x1920_0e06e53c-1854-4a65-a372-d41604579d25.avif?v=1793577221"},{"product_id":"bresser-biorit-se-40-1600x-microscope","title":"Bresser Biorit SE 40-1600x Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Biorit SE is a monocular compound microscope for secondary school, a first year at university or an adult taking up microscopy, a step above the children's Junior range. It looks through thin samples on a slide, pond water, plant sections, cheek cells, at 40x to 1600x, and a second LED above the stage lights small solid things as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree objectives, 4x, 10x and 40x, sit on a nosepiece that faces away from you so the stage stays clear, and the 40x is spring-loaded to protect a slide if the two touch. Two eyepieces, WF10x and WF20x in a 23.2 mm tube, and a 2x Barlow lens multiply those up to the 1600x figure. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-magnification-explained\" title=\"Microscope magnification explained\"\u003emagnification guide\u003c\/a\u003e explains why the picture past about 400x gets bigger without getting sharper. The real gain over a Junior model is in the handling: focus has separate coarse and fine controls, and the head turns through 360 degrees so two people can take turns without moving the stand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe LEDs above and below the stage have their own dimmers, so you can mix a little top light into a slide lit from underneath, and a colour filter wheel sits below the stage. Power comes from three AA batteries, which you'll need to add, or from the USB cable and mains plug in the box; the same cable runs it from a laptop or a power bank on a field trip. There's no mechanical stage, so the slide moves by hand under the clips.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBresser includes five prepared slides, blank slides, two pipettes, a smartphone holder for photos through the eyepiece and a protective cover. The Junior Biolux SEL below it covers the same 40x to 1600x with a single focus knob and a brine shrimp kit; the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-erudit-basic-40-400x-binocular-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Erudit Basic 40-400x microscope\"\u003eErudit Basic\u003c\/a\u003e above adds achromatic DIN objectives, a condenser and a mechanical stage. The rest of our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscopes-for-schools\" title=\"Microscopes for schools\"\u003emicroscopes for schools\u003c\/a\u003e are listed together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68044992872812,"sku":"14950","price":109.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/14950_M_01_v0824.b3008bdf_1920x1920_e014ada1-91ca-43ab-bebb-9aa1414bb277.avif?v=1793577228"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-3st-stereo-microscope","title":"Levenhuk 3ST 20-40x Stereo Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 3ST is a binocular stereo microscope at 20x and 40x with halogen lamps above and below the stage, for looking at whole objects in three dimensions: minerals, coins and stamps, seeds and insects, or a circuit board. Levenhuk calls it the standard model of its stereo range and names biologists, geologists and jewellers as its users. The head is fixed at 45 degrees rather than rotating, and the 57 mm working distance between lens and stage leaves room for tweezers or a probe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo WF10x eyepieces sit in 30.5 mm tubes above a rotating objective that switches between 2x and 4x, and the tubes adjust from 55 to 75 mm apart with 5 dioptres of correction each way for a difference between your eyes. Rubber eyecups are included. Levenhuk says the optics are coated glass, and that the 3ST takes its own digital cameras, which fit in place of an eyepiece; our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-camera-guide\" title=\"Microscope cameras and phone adapters\"\u003ecamera guide\u003c\/a\u003e explains which to choose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stage is a 90 mm circle with clips and two plates: a matte glass one for the lower light and a reversible black and white one, so a pale shell goes on black and a dark beetle on white. Coarse focus travels 40 mm and the body is metal. The two halogen lamps run from the mains at 220 V, with no battery option, and Levenhuk puts a spare 12 V 10 W lamp in the box because halogen bulbs do eventually need replacing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso in the box are a dust cover and the manual. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-5st-stereo-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk 5ST stereo microscope\"\u003e5ST\u003c\/a\u003e above it swaps halogen for LEDs and has a 160 mm working distance, the 2ST below has no built-in light at all, and the rest of our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/stereo-microscopes\" title=\"Stereo microscopes\"\u003estereo microscopes\u003c\/a\u003e are listed together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68045022757228,"sku":"35323","price":194.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/levenhuk-micro-3st_b4j7MRx.jpg?v=1793577293"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-400-series-40-1000x-microscope","title":"Levenhuk 400 Series 40-1000x Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 400 series is Levenhuk's starting point for laboratory microscopes, in two versions that share a metal body, a lower LED with a collector lens and the option of running on three AA batteries. The 400M has one eyepiece and stops at 400x, and Levenhuk lists it for schools and beginners. The 400B has two eyepieces, a fourth objective for oil immersion and reaches 1000x, and Levenhuk aims it at a microbiologist, a vet or an ecologist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth use achromatic objectives of 4x, 10x and 40x, with the 40x on a spring so it gives way if it meets the slide. The 400M pairs them with a single WF10x\/18 mm eyepiece with a pointer, on a head set at 45 degrees. The 400B adds a 100x oil objective and a pair of WF10x eyepieces on a 30-degree head, with eye spacing from 48 to 75 mm and 5 dioptres of adjustment each way, and a bottle of oil is in its box. Each head turns a full circle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stages differ as well. The 400M has a fixed 110 by 110 mm stage with clips and a condenser of N.A. 0.65 with an iris diaphragm and a filter holder. The 400B has a mechanical double-layer stage of 115 by 110 mm, which knobs move 55 mm and 20 mm, over an Abbe condenser of N.A. 1.25. Focus on both is coaxial, 12 mm coarse and 0.002 mm fine, and the 1 W LED dims and runs from the adapter in the box or from AA batteries, not included. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/how-to-use-a-microscope\" title=\"How to use a microscope\"\u003eguide to using a microscope\u003c\/a\u003e covers setting the condenser and the iris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlue, green and yellow filters and a dust cover come with both. For a child or a family, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-rainbow-50l-plus-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk Rainbow 50L PLUS microscope\"\u003eRainbow 50L PLUS\u003c\/a\u003e is the friendlier choice, and the 320 PLUS above this one reaches 1600x. The rest of our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscopes-for-schools\" title=\"Microscopes for schools\"\u003emicroscopes for schools\u003c\/a\u003e sit alongside it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"400M Monocular","offer_id":68045028196716,"sku":"75419","price":151.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"400B Binocular","offer_id":68045028229484,"sku":"75420","price":396.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/75419_levenhuk-microscope-400m_00.jpg?v=1793577294"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-500-series-40-1000x-microscope","title":"Levenhuk 500 Series 40-1000x Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 500 series is a halogen-lit laboratory microscope, and Levenhuk points it at histology and other work with stained slides, where halogen shows the dyes truer. It comes as the 500M, a monocular to 400x; the 500B, a binocular to 1000x with oil; and the 500T, the same binocular with a third vertical tube for a camera. All three have a metal body, run from the mains only and take an analyser (not included) for polarised light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery version has achromatic 4x, 10x and 40x objectives, the 40x spring-loaded, and the 500B and 500T add a 100x oil objective with a bottle of oil in the box. The 500M carries one WF10x\/18 mm eyepiece with a pointer on a 45-degree head; the B and T carry a pair on a 30-degree head with 48 to 75 mm eye spacing and 5 dioptres of correction. On the 500T a camera such as the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-m300-base-microscope-camera\" title=\"Levenhuk M300 BASE microscope camera\"\u003eM300 BASE\u003c\/a\u003e goes in the top tube.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 500M has a fixed 110 by 110 mm stage with clips and a condenser of N.A. 0.65 with an iris diaphragm and filter holder. The 500B and 500T have a mechanical double-layer stage of 115 by 125 mm with 70 by 30 mm of travel on knobs, over a height-adjustable Abbe condenser of N.A. 1.25. Fine focus reads to 0.002 mm; coarse travel is 30 mm on the M and B and 16 mm on the T. The bulb is 6 V 20 W on the 500M and 12 V 20 W on the others, with a brightness control, and blue, green and yellow filters fit the holder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA spare fuse, a power cord and a dust cover come with each. The \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-camera-guide\" title=\"Microscope cameras and phone adapters\"\u003ecamera guide\u003c\/a\u003e explains when the trinocular tube is worth having. The 400 series below uses an LED that runs on batteries, the 700 series above reaches 2000x, and the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/trinocular-microscopes\" title=\"Trinocular microscopes\"\u003etrinocular microscopes\u003c\/a\u003e are grouped together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"500M Monocular","offer_id":68045033832812,"sku":"75424","price":236.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"500B Binocular","offer_id":68045033865580,"sku":"75425","price":379.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"500T Trinocular","offer_id":68045033898348,"sku":"75426","price":421.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/75424_levenhuk-microscope-500m_00.jpg?v=1793577296"},{"product_id":"bresser-wifi-eyepiece-camera-with-display","title":"Bresser WiFi Eyepiece Camera with Display","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe WiFi Eyepiece Camera clamps over the eyepiece of a microscope, telescope, spotting scope or pair of binoculars and records what you'd see through it, with no computer. The clamp takes eyepieces 30 to 65 mm across, and a 1.47-inch screen shows the live picture for lining it up. It's for anyone who wants photos and video of what they see through a microscope, telescope or binoculars, to keep or to share with family and friends through the app.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt records Full HD video and stills at 1920 by 1080 from a 4 MP sensor, saving MP4 and JPG files to a microSD card; a 32 GB card is in the box and it takes up to 128 GB. Video can have sound or not, loop recording cuts clips at 1, 3 or 5 minutes, and Bresser quotes 130 minutes of recording with WiFi on. The Android and iOS app controls it and pulls files across.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA USB-C cable and a manual complete the box. It sits over an eyepiece rather than replacing one, so it works on a single-tube microscope. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-mikrokular-lf-full-hd-microscope-camera\" title=\"Bresser Mikrokular LF Full HD microscope camera\"\u003eBresser Mikrokular LF\u003c\/a\u003e above it is the one to choose if you want a live picture and measuring tools on a Windows computer. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-a10-smartphone-adapter\" title=\"Levenhuk A10 smartphone adapter\"\u003eLevenhuk A10 adapter\u003c\/a\u003e holds your own phone over the eyepiece instead, our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-camera-guide\" title=\"Microscope cameras and phone adapters\"\u003emicroscope camera guide\u003c\/a\u003e weighs the two, and the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-cameras\" title=\"Microscope cameras and phone adapters\"\u003emicroscope cameras\u003c\/a\u003e collection has the computer-based options.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68045050052972,"sku":"15068","price":109.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/15068_M_01_v1124_Kopie.0efbfee3_1920x1920_4ff3d7ba-3499-4df8-bef7-f5ed9b1e117c.avif?v=1793577301"},{"product_id":"euromex-microblue-40-400x-microscope","title":"Euromex MicroBlue 40-400x Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe MicroBlue is the entry point to Euromex's school microscopes, a Dutch-designed compound microscope for secondary science labs, home educators and adults who want a first instrument rather than a toy. The MB.1001 is a monocular with a plain stage; the MB.1052 is a binocular with a built-in mechanical stage, so the slide moves on knobs instead of fingertips. Both give 40x, 100x and 400x from achromatic 4x\/0.10, 10x\/0.25 and S40x\/0.65 objectives behind WF 10x\/18 mm eyepieces. Achromatic means the lens corrects colour fringing around edges, and the 40x is spring loaded so it gives if it meets the slide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe MB.1001 has a 105 by 105 mm stage with two fixed clamps and an N.A. 0.65 condenser with a built-in iris. The MB.1052 has a 115 by 100 mm stage with 55 by 20 mm of X-Y travel and a height-adjustable Abbe condenser, N.A. 1.25, with an iris diaphragm and filter holder. Focus is coaxial coarse and fine, 15 µm per graduation, with a rack stop. The binocular head has 45-degree tubes, 48 to 75 mm eye spacing and a dioptre ring on the left tube.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLighting is a 1 W LED in two colours: white at 6000 to 6500 K and a halogen-coloured 3000 to 3200 K that lifts contrast on transparent objects. Three rechargeable AA batteries come in the box and charge over USB-C from the multi-plug adapter. The back panel stores five slides, two tools and the cable. The MB.1001 measures 298 by 151 by 202 mm and weighs 2.0 kg.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA white filter, dust cover and manual complete the kit, with no slides included. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-erudit-basic-40-400x-binocular-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Erudit Basic 40-400x microscope\"\u003eBresser Erudit Basic\u003c\/a\u003e below it adds a carry case and a slide kit, our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscopes-for-schools\" title=\"Microscopes for schools\"\u003emicroscopes for schools\u003c\/a\u003e page lists the alternatives, and \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/how-to-use-a-microscope\" title=\"How to use a microscope\"\u003ehow to use a microscope\u003c\/a\u003e walks through setting the condenser for a first slide. For 1000x, step up to the EcoBlue.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Euromex","offers":[{"title":"MB.1001 Monocular, plain stage","offer_id":68045233389932,"sku":"MB.1001","price":200.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"MB.1052 Binocular, mechanical stage","offer_id":68045233422700,"sku":"MB.1052","price":335.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/MB.1001_B_1_1.png?v=1793577371"},{"product_id":"bresser-slr-camera-adapter-2x-t2-23-2mm","title":"Bresser SLR Camera Adapter 2x T2, 23.2 mm","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis adapter joins a DSLR or mirrorless system camera to any common microscope with a 23.2 mm eyepiece tube, which includes the Researcher Trino and Bino and the Erudit DLX. A 2x lens is built in, the microscope end is a 23.2 mm plug and the camera end is a T2 thread.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou also need the T2 ring for your camera's lens mount, sold separately. On a trinocular microscope the setup can be made parfocal, so the eyepieces and the camera are sharp together, and Bresser notes that the camera sees a smaller field than the eyepieces do, as with any adapter of this kind. It's aluminium, 141 g and 71 mm tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt comes as the adapter alone. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-researcher-bino-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Researcher 40-1000x microscope\"\u003eResearcher\u003c\/a\u003e with the trinocular head is the microscope in our range it suits best, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-t2-ring\" title=\"Bresser T2 ring, Canon EOS or Nikon\"\u003eT2 rings\u003c\/a\u003e come in Canon EOS and Nikon fits, and our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/microscope-camera-guide\" title=\"Microscope cameras and phone adapters\"\u003emicroscope camera guide\u003c\/a\u003e covers DSLRs against dedicated microscope cameras. Eyepiece cameras and phone holders, which need no camera body, are in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-cameras\" title=\"Microscope cameras and phone adapters\"\u003emicroscope cameras and phone adapters\u003c\/a\u003e collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68051241435500,"sku":"5942080","price":198.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/5942080_M_2.597ec197_1920x1920_a9247d4a-2c4f-4c2b-acbd-847917b69dd4.avif?v=1793657548"},{"product_id":"bresser-dry-darkfield-condenser","title":"Bresser Dry Darkfield Condenser","description":"\u003cp\u003eA condenser that fits under the stage of a Bresser compound microscope for darkfield work. In ordinary brightfield, light comes straight up through the slide and a clear specimen looks pale on white. A darkfield condenser blocks the direct beam and sends light in from the side, so only light bounced off the specimen reaches the lens: the background goes almost black and pond organisms, diatoms and live cells show bright without a stain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are two fittings. The first is for the Erudit DLX, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-researcher-bino-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Researcher 40-1000x microscope\"\u003eResearcher\u003c\/a\u003e, the Science TRM-301, the Bioscience trinocular and the Science ADL 601 P and F; Bresser gives its aperture as 0.85, the N.A. figure for the width of its light cone. The second is for the Science TFM-301 and Infinity. Both are dry, with no oil between condenser and slide, so they're for the dry objectives and not the 100x oil lens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Researcher version weighs 40 g. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/how-to-use-a-microscope\" title=\"How to use a microscope\"\u003eguide to using a microscope\u003c\/a\u003e covers the condenser and diaphragm, and the other lab parts are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-accessories\" title=\"Microscope accessories\"\u003emicroscope accessories\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Researcher and Bioscience","offer_id":68051252183404,"sku":"5942190","price":184.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Science Infinity and TFM","offer_id":68051252216172,"sku":"5942198","price":198.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/5942190_M_1.61ee725b_1920x1920_fbd8de28-26cd-45fb-bf1d-ea0da8521992.avif?v=1793657904"},{"product_id":"bresser-mechanical-stage-for-stereo-microscopes-95mm","title":"Bresser Mechanical Stage for Stereo Microscopes, 95 mm","description":"\u003cp\u003eA mechanical stage that replaces the round glass plate on a Bresser stereo microscope with a 95 mm stage opening. Coaxial knobs move the object in X and Y, each axis has a vernier scale for reading the position, and the maximum travel is 165 by 65 mm, depending on the microscope beneath it. Bresser lists it for the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/bresser-erudit-icd-stereo-microscope\" title=\"Bresser Erudit ICD 20-40x stereo microscope\"\u003eErudit ICD\u003c\/a\u003e, the Advance ICD and the DST-0745.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt works with light from above or below, and comes with its own glass plate and two object clamps. Because it stands 26 mm above the microscope's own stage, it takes that much off the tallest object the head can clear. Bresser also points to a second use: with a MikroCam II, SP or SF camera, the controlled steps let you build a mosaic image of something larger than one field of view.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt weighs 1.47 kg and measures 180 by 155 mm. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/how-to-use-a-microscope\" title=\"How to use a microscope\"\u003eguide to using a microscope\u003c\/a\u003e explains why hand-moving a specimen gets harder as magnification rises, and the other stages and parts are in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscope-accessories\" title=\"Microscope accessories\"\u003emicroscope accessories\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bresser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68051252314476,"sku":"5942680","price":128.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/5942680_M_01_v0325.4f803dde_1920x1920_7783dea2-cd33-40f4-9ee3-31e9ef5caf5f.avif?v=1793657910"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-dtx-rc2-remote-controlled-microscope","title":"Levenhuk DTX RC2 3-200x Remote Controlled Digital Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe DTX RC2 is a stand-mounted digital microscope with a 7-inch colour screen that tilts, a 120 by 200 mm base and a wireless clicker, so you can change magnification, adjust the light and take a photo without putting a hand on the microscope. Levenhuk aims it at repair shops and service centres: circuit boards, solder joints, welds and jewellery appraisal. Magnification on the screen runs from 3x to 200x, optical and digital combined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLighting comes from LEDs inside the lens and from two spotlights on flexible holders that bend round to rake light across an engraved surface. Brightness buttons and the power switch sit on a small block on the cord, and a UV filter is included. All the light comes from above, so it's for solid objects, not slides. Coarse focus travels 150 mm and the body is plastic. Levenhuk rates it from minus 20 to plus 70 degrees C.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sensor is a 2 MP 1\/2.9-inch CMOS, and photos save at up to 4032 by 3024 pixels (12 MP, interpolated) with video at 1080p, onto a microSD card of up to 32 GB that isn't included. White balance and exposure are set by hand. There is a microUSB port, but Levenhuk says the RC2 isn't meant to connect to a computer. Power is 5 V 2 A through the USB cable and mains adapter in the box, with no battery, and the clicker takes two AAA cells, also not included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the box are the screen, stand, base with clips, the two spotlights, the infrared remote, the UV filter, the power cable with its switch and brightness knob, the adapter, tools and fixings and the manual. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-dtx-rc1-digital-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk DTX RC1 remote controlled digital microscope\"\u003eDTX RC1\u003c\/a\u003e below it has a 4.3-inch screen and connects to a computer, and the DTX 800 LCD above it adds a battery and a polariser. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/best-digital-microscope\" title=\"The best digital microscope with a screen\"\u003eguide to digital microscopes\u003c\/a\u003e compares them, and the other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscopes-for-collectables\" title=\"Microscopes for coins, stamps and collectables\"\u003emicroscopes for collectables\u003c\/a\u003e are listed together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68051256279404,"sku":"76822","price":194.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/76822_levenhuk-dtx-rc2-remote-controlled-microscope_00.jpg?v=1793658162"},{"product_id":"levenhuk-labzz-dm200-lcd-digital-microscope","title":"Levenhuk LabZZ DM200 LCD 17-55x Digital Microscope","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe LabZZ DM200 is a children's microscope with a 4.3-inch colour screen in place of an eyepiece, so a child who can't yet hold one eye closed can still see the picture, and a parent can see it with them. Optical magnification is 17x to 55x, with a digital zoom to 220x. Levenhuk rates it as elementary and the setup as extremely simple, and suggests prepared slides, stones, fabric, insects, leaves and small electronics as subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are two lights, an LED under the stage for slides and leaves and a ring inside the lens for stones and bugs, with a brightness control for each situation. The stage is 120 by 180 mm with clips, coarse focus travels 93 mm, and the body is plastic. At 55x optical a woodlouse fills the screen and a prepared slide shows its larger structures; for single cells a child will need an eyepiece microscope at 400x, which our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/best-microscope-for-kids\" title=\"The best microscope for kids and home education\"\u003ekids' microscope guide\u003c\/a\u003e covers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA wireless remote takes the photo or starts the video, so the picture doesn't shake, and it needs a CR2025 coin cell that isn't supplied. The 1 MP sensor saves stills at up to 4032 by 3024 pixels (12 MP, interpolated) and 1080p video to a microSD card of up to 32 GB, not included. A mini-USB cable links it to a Windows 7, 8 or 10 or a Mac computer with AMCAP or ViewPlayCap for showing the view on a bigger screen. The 1800 mAh battery gives about two and a half hours and takes around 20 hours to charge, or it runs from the USB cable on 5 V 1 A.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLevenhuk puts an experiment kit, ready-made slides and blank slides in the box. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-labzz-m101-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk LabZZ M101 microscope\"\u003eLabZZ M101\u003c\/a\u003e below it is an eyepiece microscope that reaches 640x on slides. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/levenhuk-rainbow-dm500-lcd-digital-microscope\" title=\"Levenhuk Rainbow DM500 LCD digital microscope\"\u003eRainbow DM500\u003c\/a\u003e above it has a 5-inch screen that tilts and twelve named slides, and the other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/microscopes-for-kids\" title=\"Microscopes for kids and home education\"\u003emicroscopes for kids\u003c\/a\u003e are listed together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levenhuk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68051256344940,"sku":"76827","price":101.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/5966\/2956\/files\/76827_levenhuk-labzz-dm200-lcd-digital-microscope_00.jpg?v=1793658165"}],"url":"https:\/\/scopeandfield.com\/collections\/microscopes-100-250.oembed","provider":"Scope \u0026 Field","version":"1.0","type":"link"}