Re: General comment
- From: "GTO" <gregor_o@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 06:13:11 GMT
That's the wrong question. The SMZ-1000 is a stereoscopic zoom microscope
that is part of an entire system. Like the SMZ-800, it consists of a zooming
body (from US pricelist 2002, just the SMZ-800 zooming body was $1,314) and
your choice of oculars, illuminators, stand, viewing body and, last but not
least, objective. You can put a combination together that costs more than
10k or less. But for $1,800 you will not even come close to the new price of
this scope. Get realistic. If you want to use an SLR to do some
photomacrography, get a decent macro lens with focusing rail. If you need
more magnification, buy a second hand scope on eBay (e.g. a good old B&L)
and live with its limitations. It will do ok. The SMZ-1000 is an expensive
scope for professionals working for the industry (deep pockets!). You may
get a good one used. But I doubt that you get it for less than 5k if it's a
working system.
Gregor
"Nick" <nickmirro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Well this is eye opening. $15k? Well actually thats depressing. Maybe I
> should clarify that I could do without the imaging ability initially. It
> just needs to be an upgrade possibility. I am now also will to fork over
> up to $2500 and take something used. Here are some inexpensive zooms that
> I found tonight but I am unsure as to quality and usefulness. Any
> comments?
>
>
> Wild M5A Stereo
> http://www.sherwooddallas.com/usedmicroscopes.html
>
> Meiji EMZ-5TR
> http://www.professionalmicroscopes.com/EM_series_Meiji.html
>
> Carton NSZT-70SBF-SL
> http://www.optekusa.com/nsz70family.htm
>
> Olympus SZ III-TR Trinocular
> http://www.mcbinst.com/A_Stereomicroscopes.htm
>
> ULTIMATE (brand?) 3.35X-90X ZOOM
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ULTIMATE-3-35X-90X-ZOOM-MICROSCOPE-W-USB-PC-CAMERA_W0QQitemZ7555582727QQcategoryZ48740QQcmdZViewItem
>
> Just to satisfy my curiosity, does anyone know what a Nikon SMZ 1000 lists
> for?
>
> Nick
>
>
>
>
> "Gary G" <see.signature@bottom> wrote in message
> news:8jrvn190a848iqo4pii5q1cg9jlvbmti3a@xxxxxxxxxx
>> On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 21:11:34 -0600, "Nick" <nickmirro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Its really, really hard for a beginner to pick out a new scope when
>>>resellers and manufacturers don't publish sale or list prices. I am
>>>completely confused and have a very poor idea of what I can afford.
>>>
>>>If I see one more Labx link on Google, I think I'm going to break
>>>omething ]: - (
>>>
>>
>> Ok. So what do you want to see? Factual responses are true, but
>> unfortunatly depressing. Been there done that and have done that.
>>
>> Basically, I see your post as seeking a $15K system for $1800. This
>> is not going to happen. This is not certainly your fault. The scope
>> field is wide and has many nuances. More info on what you seek to do
>> would help us help you. If you want low quality, it will be low cost.
>> If you want high quality it will cost more. So you need to balance
>> your requirements for image results and overall quality versus cost.
>> And the camera factor is a wild card. Personally, I do not think that
>> an SLR is suited to a microscope system. But of course, others may
>> disagree.
>>
>> Not easy.
>>
>> Gary Gaugler, Ph.D.
>> Microtechnics, Inc.
>> Granite Bay, CA 95746
>> 916.791.8191
>> gary@microtechnics dot com
>
>
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