Microscopes over £1,000

Above £1,000 the range is research and specialist instruments, bought almost entirely by universities, hospital and veterinary labs, materials and electronics firms and geology departments. The routine brightfield models are the Euromex bScope and iScope, both with infinity-corrected plan objectives and Koehler NeoLED illumination, and the Bresser Science Infinity, which takes a phase contrast set. The specialist models are the Bresser Science ADL 601 P polarising microscope for minerals, fibres and crystals, the ADL 601 F fluorescence microscope for labelled cells and tissue, the Science MTL 201 metallurgical microscope, which lights the sample from above for metals and circuit boards, and the Science ETD-301, a 7x to 63x trinocular zoom stereo microscope.

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The terms you'll meet on this page

Infinity-corrected means the objective sends parallel light up the tube and a second lens brings it to focus, so filters and fluorescence cubes can sit in the path without degrading the image. Phase contrast turns differences in thickness in a transparent, unstained specimen into differences in brightness, which is how you watch living cells. Polarising microscopy passes light through two crossed filters so crystals show in colours that identify them. Fluorescence lights a sample with one colour and records the colour it gives back.

How to order

Email us the model, the configuration (head type, objectives, contrast method) and the quantity, and we'll return a written quote your procurement team can use for a purchase order. The Laboratory & Professional section shows the same models.

Over £1,000 FAQs

Does a hobbyist ever need one of these?

Rarely. A keen amateur who wants phase contrast for pond life is the usual exception. For everything else, the £500 to £1,000 band does the same brightfield work.