Wide Field Microscope (Zeiss Axio Observer)
The Axio Observer from Zeiss is an upright microscope. The system is intended for an easy and fast approach to fluorescence microscopy of live and fixed samples. It has a wide range of objectives and a sensitive CCD camera for high quality images. It is perfect for sample screening and preliminary experiments.
- Live cell or fixed sample imaging
Advantage
- Simple setup with very little preparation required
- Sensitive
- High imaging speed
Disadvantage
- No control of depth of field
- No capability to collect serial optical sections from thick specimens
Upright microscope
Objectives
- Plan Neofluar 10x / 0.3 Air
- Plan Neofluar 20x / 0.5 Air
- Plan Neofluar 40x / 0.75 Air
- Plan Neofluar 100x / 1.30 Oil
Filter sets
- DAPI
- GFP / FITC
- TRITC / RFP Cy3
- Cy5
Mercury arc lamp
Spot Pursuit™ 1.4 MP Monochrome camera CCD camera
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