Nikon SMZ1270i Fluorescence Stereomicroscope

The Nikon SMZ1270i fluorescence stereomicroscope is a parallel-optics and zooming type stereomicroscope offering advanced operability, as well as high magnification, zoom ratio and resolution.

Nikon SMZ1270i fluorescence stereomicroscope

Specifications:

Parallel-optics and zooming type system
Objectives that offer long working distances (WDs) and wide viewfields:

Plan Apo 1x/WF; WD 70 mm
ED Plan 2×/WF; WD 35 mm

Highest-in-class zoom ratio of 12.7× (i.e., 0.63-8×)
"Intelligent nosepiece" to feed objective magnification and zoom ratio information to the camera control unit
Illumination options:

Episcopic illumination with double-arm fibre illuminator
Diascopic bright-field illumination
Oblique coherent contrast (OCC) illumination with contrast adjustment
Episcopic fluorescence illumination with multi-wavelength LED illumination system

White-light LED fibre optic illumination system (CoolLED pE-300^lite) with spectral coverage from ultraviolet to red region
Fluorescence filter sets:

DAPI (460/50)
GFP (535/50)
RFP (620/60)

High-definition colour CMOS camera (Nikon DS-Fi3):

High-definition (i.e., 2880×2048 pixels)
High-speed (i.e., 15 fps at full pixel or 30 fps with 2×2 pixel averaging)
Sensitivity selectable from ISO50 to ISO3200

Camera control unit (Nikon DS-L4):

Tablet panel display for easy setup and control of the camera
High-definition display of live and captured images
Automatic detection of objective magnification and zoom ratio to provide real-time scale information and measurement results
Direct storage of captured images (TIFF or JPEG) in USB storage devices

Usage rate

(waived for users who have a concurrent booking of the Zeiss Lightsheet Z.1 Microscope)

Internal users: $23
Collaborators: $46
External users: $115

Location

Y205

Staff-i-charge

Dr. Michael Yuen