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Buying Microscopes

Top-level product categories: icon optical components and devices, icon vision, displays and imaging

More general product categories: imaging instruments

More specific product categories: laser microscopes, Raman microscopes

Related product categories: microscope objectives, ocular lenses, immersion oils

Optical microscopes are versatile tools used in various fields such as biological and medical research, forensic science, and the inspection of optical equipment like fiber ends. They provide high magnification and resolution through advanced optical components.

Making Good Purchase Decisions

As the most professional photonics purchasing portal, RP Photonics helps you to not only to find all relevant suppliers (not limited to our advertisers), but also to make good purchasing decisions.

NEW: Structured Decision Process

Purchasing involves a lot of responsibility. We recommend that you apply best practice by using the following structured process: Go through the following expandable sections, complete the form and finally come to a purchase decision. You can then print that to a PDF for documenting the process.

Our article on best practices for purchasing and another one explaining this tool give you valuable insights.

1. Understand the technical background

It is important to sufficiently understand the technology before buying.

Use the comprehensive learning resources of RP Photonics:

encyclopedia article microscopes

If you need personal help, contact RP Photonics to get technical consultancy.

2. Define your requirements

It is essential to fully understand and clearly define your requirements before you buy.

We recommend that you develop a list of clear specifications according to your specific needs, against which you can later check the suitability of found product offers:

To help you, we have already listed some aspects we recommend you consider when buying microscopes. Of course, there may be other aspects that are relevant to your specific case.

This list is for your own preparation, and can later (possibly in modified form) be used for quotation requests to suppliers.

Otherwise, you will need to talk to your technical colleagues.

If you cannot sufficiently clarify your requirements, you may want to get technical consultancy from RP Photonics.

You find these buttons in the supplier list below or under "3. Find suitable suppliers".

3. Find suitable suppliers

We suggest three steps:

  • Below, you can find our list of suppliers for microscopes. Use the checkboxes to mark possibly suitable suppliers.
  • The selected suppliers will appear below this list, along with your list of specifications. You can then indicate which specifications they meet according to your research. (You should finalize your specifications before doing this.)
  • Based on the results, you can finally choose a supplier that is hopefully a good enough fit.

Selected suppliers:

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Decision

The most suitable supplier you found:

Comments, e.g. reasons for your choice, or things which still need to be checked:

Suppliers for Microscopes

45 suppliers for microscopes are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.

Suppliers with Advertising Package

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The Future Depends on Optics

Edmund Optics
101 East Gloucester Pike
Barrington, NJ 08007
United States
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Edmund Optics offers stereo microscopes by industry leading manufacturers, including Mitutoyo and Olympus. The Mitutoyo FS70 inspection microscope is compatible with the Mitutoyo infinity corrected objectives. The Olympus stereo microscopes offer various mounting configurations for a variety of application and system spaces. Edmund Optics also offers a variety of stereo microscope accessories, including cameras or vibration isolation tables which minimize vibrations from interfering with image quality.

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Israel
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United States
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MG Optical Solutions GmbH
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SPOT Imaging Solutions
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