Re: microscopes for the faculty

From: Kevin Cunningham (smskjd_at_mindspring.com)
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:21:50 GMT

"jana" <jana_babic@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3fc58df.0408302245.36788534@posting.google.com...
> We are a small and young department of the School for Environmental
> Sciences, Slovenia, Europe. For our degree program Environment we need
> microscopes (zoology, botany, microbiology). Olympus (besides more
> expensive Nikon, Leica, Zeiss) is most reliable of course, but some
> other seem interesting too (and cheaper). Does anybody have any
> experiences with Ceti, Kruss, Motic? How they behave as microscopes
> for students and their practical work? Which would you recommend?
> Jana

Jana, Pick the Olympus. Ceti, Kruss and Motic are different sellers for the
same Chinese and Indian makers. None of the three sellers you list actually
makes anything. Motic is a name used here in America but it is very poor
stuff.

While Olympus may be your least expensive maker Nikon, Zeiss and Leica all
make excellent instruments. These microscopes will last a long time, 15
years at least.

Kevin Cunningham
SMS