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News Release from: Carl Zeiss | Subject: Axiostar
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 14 May 2002
Small microscope, big features
Entry-level microscope aimed at doctor's surgeries, hospitals, laboratories, schools, and universities offers fluorescence contrast and advanced ergonomic features
The Axiostar entry-level microscope from Carl Zeiss is now also available with high-quality fluorescence contrast and extensive ergonomic features - at what the manufacturer says is a surprisingly low price The Axiostar plus is ideal for doctor's surgeries, hospitals, laboratories, schools and universities, and even for outdoor use thanks to its optional LED illumination
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 30 Jul 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Axiostar plus, a development of the tried and tested Axiostar, the smallest instrument in the Carl Zeiss line of upright microscopes, offers features formerly available only in higher performance models, including a fluorescence module for reflected-light illumination.
A filter slider permits up to three fluorescence cubes to be used thanks to the patented Push-and-Click technology.
The proven HBO 50 mercury lamp provides fluorescence excitation.
Today, ergonomic features are important even on more compact microscopes, since these are often used in routine applications.
On the Axiostar plus Carl Zeiss offers a novel feature: the simple and yet highly effective Ergo base plate which allows separate setting of four different viewing angles and four different viewing heights.
This means that the microscope can be set to meet each user's individual requirement.
Further user-friendly components are the tubes with a 30deg viewing angle and the extended and variably adjustable stage drive with hypo-allergenic soft-touch controls.
A further special feature is the optional LED illumination which can be battery powered and run without line connection, yet provides brilliant images while the color temperature remains stable.
Importantly for existing Axiostar users, their Axiostar can be retrofitted with all the new components of the Axiostar plus.
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