I am looking for your recommendations of trinocular microscopes to observe behavior (movement) of aquatic mesofauna / meiofauna in 6-, 8-, 12-, or 24-well plates.
And with preferably same scope observe internal morphological responses to chemical exposure.
Thanks,
Lou
Thank you Yambem. Interesting scope. Was not aware of it until now. Contacted Nikon for quote.
NIKON SMZ25 costs about $25,000. It would be a great scope to have BUT any other recommendations?
Thanks Rebeca. For what have you used the SZX? It is much more affordable and looks like it will suit my purposes.
Hi Louis. I use it for zooplankton with the ILLT led transmitted light illuminator because I use it for transparent animals like siphonophores and also for crustaceans. It has options of darkfield, brightfield and oblique light. It uses LED illumination so not hot to manipulate live specimens. I love it!
I've been happy with the Olympus SZX for freshwater zooplankton. I have also used the Nikon series that is similar to the SZX. In my opinion both are great but the SZX will save you money and you get the same quality. We switched out the LED base to a different version though, because we wanted a to be able to tilt the light source with a mirror to adjust the contrast. Which really helped for identification.
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