Designation
Widefield microscope Axiophot
Manufacturer
Zeiss
General information
Upright epifluorescent microscope
Objectives
2.5x ( 0.075) dry / 5x (0.15) dry / 10x (0.30) dry / 20x (0.50) dry
40x (0.75) oil / 63x (1.40) oil / 100x (1.30) oil
Additional lens: 1.25x / 1.6x / 2x (Optovar)
Illumination
Transmission (halogen lamp) and epifluorescence (mercury lamp)
3 filter cubes
DAPI / GFP / Texas red
Detector
Camera CCD Spot RTKE (greyscale or color)
Applications
This system allows color image acquisition of tissue sections or thin samples in brightfield, phase contrast, DIC (differencial interference contrast) or epifluorescence modes.