I'm a homebrewer and I was looking for a microscope with which I could count yeast cells and check yeast viability. I didn't want to spend $500+ on a hobby microscope and my husband found this one for me! The image on 400x is great for counting cells with my hemocytometer (which I bought somewhere else) and it's very handy having the 20x eyepieces so that I can get an even better look at the yeast without having to deal with the oil objective lens (which works fine but is a little bit of a hassle to use and clean, BTW the immersion oil is included with the microscope). This is perfect for the nerdy homebrewer like myself. The image is just as good as the microscope used at a local brewpub here (which is a heavy duty college type microscope).
Only 2 very minor complaints:
First, you have to assemble the microscope (which is simple) by attaching the top eyepiece section to the base but the hole for the thumb screw that you use to screw the two together was poorly drilled (but then it's an inexpensive microscope). Once together it seems fine but the screw does stick out such that you wouldn't want someone using your microscope without knowing that this screw should not be touched.
Second, while the instructions downloaded were generally fine, the instructions for interpupillary adjustment (3.3, page 5) read 'hold the left and right eyepiece tubes and slide the tubes in and out' when it should read ' hold eyepiece tubes and move them apart or closer together'.
This is a great microscope for homebrewers. Great images for under $200 - well worth the money!! Just don't forget to get a hemocytometer or at the very least some slides and cover glass. So much fun for so little money!!
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Product Description
Perfect Balance of Quality and Value
OMAX microscope is perfect for home school, teaching, demonstration, clinical examination, laboratories and advanced applications. Glance at the structure of fungi and protozoa, and even see the details of cell walls, membranes, organelles, as well as the nucleus in cells. It can easily connect to a USB digital camera (sold separately) to record what you see in the microscope and save it into your computer as a picture or a video clip. OMAX compound biological microscope comes with eight level magnifications from 40X to 2000X. It comes with a sliding binocular viewing head, two pairs of widefield eyepieces (WF10X, WF20X), four achromatic objectives DIN 4X, 10X, 40X(S), 100X(S, Oil), large double layer mechanical stage with scale, Abbe NA1.25 condenser with iris diaphragm, coaxial coarse & fine focus knobs and variable intensity LED transmitted illumination system.
- Fully featured compound microscope
- 2000X magnification with 100X oil immersion objective
- Coaxial coarse and fine focus
- Mechanical stage with adjustment handle
- LED light
- Solid metal frame construction
- Binocular viewing head
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2000X magnification with 100X oil immersion objectiveOMAX compound biological microscope offers eight level magnifications from 40X to 2000X. The microscope has 5X, 10X, 40X, and 100X objectives. |
Coarse and Fine focusingCoaxial coarse & fine focus knobs on both sides. This ergonomic designs helps adjusting the focus easily to achieve your desired result. |
Variable LED intensity transmitted illuminationTransmitted illumination can be found in this product as it has a LED light of which the intensity can be customized depending on the situation. It also lasts much longer than a typical halogen bulb. |
Mechanical stage with adjustment handleThe double layer mechanical stage gives you full movement of your sample for scanning purposes, or centering purposes. So instead of just the clips moving around on the stage, the entire stage moves in the X, Y, and Z dimensions. So, your slide won’t slip off in any way when you’re trying to locate your point of interest on your slide. |
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| Recommended Accessories | Carrying bag (Add on accessory) | 18MP USB3.0 Camera with Reduction Lens (Add on Accessory) | 5MP USB Camera (Add on accessory) | 25 Prepared Microscope Slide Set |
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| Magnification | 40X - 2000X | 40X - 2000X | 40X - 2500X | 40X - 2500X | 40X - 2500X |
| Microscope Head | Binocular | Binocular | Trinocular | Trinocular | Trinocular |
| Illumination | LED | LED | LED | LED | LED |
| Camera Included | X | X | X | 5.0MP USB3.0 | 18MP USB3.0 |
| Microscope Size | Compact | Compact | Full Size | Full Size | Full Size |
Reviews with images
Good first microscope
For the price this is a great microscope to get. Just be aware at 800x - 1000x you will need immersion oil to get good resolution (don’t use immersion oil on your 40x objective though!) 2000x is merely a zoom and doesn’t provide further resolution.For anyone wanting to look at microbes in pond water or at cells 40x should be the max you have to use and it is perfectly fine for that.To take pictures I would recommend getting a phone stand or a clip on adapter.For experienced microscopists, I don’t recommend this product. You are unable to adjust it to reach full Kohler Illumination so it would be wise to seek other options that allow those adjustments.Overall this is a solid product and great for a gift for a curious person.
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Hernan C.
De los mejores microscopios calidad-precio
Reviewed in Mexico on March 18, 2021
Hernan C.
Reviewed in Mexico on March 18, 2021
Adjunto fotografías de algunas observaciones de 𝘈𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴 spp. teñido con azul de lactofenol a 40x y 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘶𝘮 spp. a 40x.
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jose maria subira betrius
Opticamente perfecto,
Reviewed in Spain on December 14, 2020D. Theoret
Awesome microscope! I made my own darkfield by cutting ...
Reviewed in Canada on July 24, 2016
D. Theoret
Reviewed in Canada on July 24, 2016
I have also order some COL filters from ebay and this give the similar effect as with DIC, which give depth to the microorganisms as shown in my attached photo of a Closterium algae taken with the 20x objective and my little DIY DIC filter. The picture was taken through my cellular phone so not a very good one.
The M82ES is bright and easy to use. It came well packed and required minimal assembling, which was only to put the base of the eyepiece in place and tighten a little screw, then to insert the eyepieces. Everything else was pre-assembled. I was afraid that the inter-ocular distance of 55 mm was not going to work for me because I am a small person with a small distance between my eyes but it still work (although 53mm would be best) at 55 mm and watching the microscope with a binocular is so much easier on the eyes than with my previous monocular! I will order the eye cups as it will make viewing even easier. The microscope only come with a thin plastic dust cover so I will order the vinyl carrying case to protect it.
Although I like this microscope a lot, if I was not on such tight budget I would have bought the Omax M8311 trinocular (363$) instead because not only does it have a dedicated port for a camera, but it is much more upgradable. My only complain with the M82ES is that it does not have a lot of possibility to upgrade. There is a darkfield condenser available but no phase contrast or no Kohler either. For anyone not wishing to have these options in the future, then it's not a big deal, but if you wish to have a microscope that can be upgraded and grown with you, this one is not the best. Also the M8311 has an interocular distance of 48mm to 75mm, which is much better than the 55mm of this microscope. 55mm is ok for most adults but I suspect that kids would have a bit if trouble with this.
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