Re: General comment

Kevin,

Thanks for the help. This is good news. The Wild is being sold by a dealer
just 20 minutes away from me. Thanks for this info.

Regarding numerical aperture, why do some stereo scopes advertize up to 3
and 400x with different objective/eyepiece combos?

Nick




"Kevin Cunningham" <smskjd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "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
>>
>
> Just a few points. The Wild is one of the best instruments for a lot of
> uses ever made by the hand of man. If you get it a great price,
> wonderfull. Just remember if you want another piece, its expensive. The
> Olympus SZ-III TR is a solid, dependable instrument but doesn't perform
> like the Wild. The rest are junk with the Meiji being the best of the
> litter.
>
> I make my living in the microscope business but I think your comment about
> prices is right. The difficulty is that
> there are tons of things you can add on a high end 'scope. For a stereo
> there's fluorescence, remote control and different types of illuminators.
>
> What would be good is advertize the price of the lower line instruments,
> like ones sold primarily to doctors, hospitals and undergraduate schools.
> I have had so many calls that were answered with the same number of
> dollars answer. The problem is that this is low on manufacturers list of
> things to do. Most microcopes are for the semi-conductor industry or are
> biological confocals.
>
> Good Luck!
>
> Kevin Cunningham
> SMS
>
>
>


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