An ideal introductory slide set for the Practitioner, Researcher and Scholar microscopes (the Examiner and Explorer Plus stereomicroscopes do not need slides so this set is not appropriate for these two microscopes). Making your own slides can be very rewarding but it is always useful to have some professionally prepared slides to look at right away. This set can be the beginning of your own collection or you can add to it from our other two slide set options
The Apex Snapper is an accessory that allows any SLR (digital or film) to be attached to any of the microscopes in our range from the Examiner to the Graduate. The Snapper is designed to fit over an eyetube of the microscope and then to the camera back via a T2 ring that has the correct fitting for your camera e.g. Nikon, Canon, Olympus etc: If you order a Snapper we will contact you directly to establish the make of your camera and therefore the type of T2 ring you need.
The Apex Scholar is a trinocular laboratory standard microscope which is available at an amazing price for a limited period only. A well made trinocular microscope of superior design. The lighting is shared between the binocular viewing eyetubes and the trinocular photography tube. Ideal for digital capture. There are four achromatic objectives giving quality images at all magnifications.
Some of the features include:
- Trinocular head
- Binocular eyetubes that focus individually
- x4, x10, x40, x100 (oil) DIN standard objectives
- Parfocal objectives - focus with one of them and then swing the others round and they will be close to focus
- Mechanical stage with vernier scales - you can make a map reference of the essential areas of the slide
- Coaxial coarse and fine focus controls
- Abbe condenser with iris diaphragm
- Safety stop and tension controls
- Excellent rheostat controlled LED lighting
This is an ideal carrying case for the Apex Practitioner microscope. Excellent build quality that keeps your microscope safe in any environment. The corners and edges of the case are reinforced and there is a shoulder strap as an alternative to the carrying handle. Excellent value and an ideal accessory.
Making your own slide preparations can be very rewarding, and the starters slide kit is designed to give an easy to understand introduction to slide preparation. The kit uses an aqueous mountant which is safe even in the youngest of hands and does not need any chemicals as part of the process. The excellent book Adventures with a Microscope. Ideal for young scientists of all ages!
The Apex Explorer Plus (Mk II) is a 3D stereomicroscope with LED (240v/battery) illumination and packed with many features. 3D stereos are ideal for those who want to see the world around them, without having to make microscope slides. The Apex Explorer Plus is ideal for the examination of insects, plants, coins, pottery, electronics - in short any whole object.
For the young scientist, a stereomicroscope is an ideal start in microscopy...... it's instant and shows a level of detail that they can relate to straight away, and whats more they can be used unsupervised. Just put anything on the base of the microscope and look at it. You do not need microscope slides so the slide kits and sets that we also sell are not needed with this type of microscope.
Complete with the microscope comes the following:
2 pairs of eyepieces - x10 and x20 - so you can have magnifications of x20, x40 and x80!
2 pairs of objectives x2 and x4.
Rechargeable battery pack.
Frosted glass dissection plate and Black/white contrast plate.
Rubber eyecups.
Dust cover.
Stage specimen clips.
Full instructions.
For a long time using cheaper digital cameras with a microscope and a computer has not been quite as straightforward as some suppliers have claimed. Mainly because of differences between computers that has produced difficulties with the drivers needed to get these cameras to work. No more. The minigrab is completely driverless and now correctly belongs to the 'plug and play' group of products. You simply plug the camera lead into a USB2.0 port on your laptop or PC (sadly not suitable for MAC at the moment) and it will be recognised and installed by your laptop/computer in exactly the same way as a memory stick. You can then display the images from your microscope in any video software you already have on your computer or use the Minisee software supplied with the camera. You can take video clips and still images (as jpegs) and store these on your computer. The Minigrab will fit all of the microscopes in the Apex range. An ingenious accessory at an exceptional price
The Apex Researcher is a laboratory microscope for the serious scientist and those that like to use good equipment. A very robust design with a binocular head with two pairs of widefield eyepieces, x10 and x15. There are four objectives giving a magnification range of x40 to x1500. The best in its class, it also comes with a FREE starters pack of slides and coverslips.
The microscope has:
- Two eyepieces x10
- x4, x10, x40, x100 RMS DIN standard objectives giving magnifications from x40 to x1000
- The objectives are parfocal
- Mechanical stage with vernier scales
- Separate coarse and fine focus controls
- Abbe condenser with iris diaphragm
- 6v 20 watt tungsten illumination
- Field lens for even illumination
There are a number of extras available as well:
- Photography adapter
- Digital camera adapter
- Measuring equipment
The Apex Practitioner is a modern extremely well made microscope with a professional standard laboratory specification. It is used for looking at specimen slides and can magnify from x40 to x800. Some of the features include inbuilt 'state of the art' 240 volt powered LED illumination with rheostat brightness control, full mechanical stage with drop down coaxial controls. Abbe condenser with iris diaphragm and focus control. Fully rotating head. Accessories that can be purchased separately include, a measuring eyepiece and photography adapter. Our range of prepared slides and microscopy kits are ideal for use with this microscope. To get you started we include a free starters pack of slides, coverslips, slide box and a few prepared slides.
The Apex Examiner is a superb portable light weight stereomicroscope, ideal for field use and a variety of applications. The build quality is excellent and the price exceptional. Although this is a light weight instrument it is at the same time robust, and is well able to withstand the rigors of outdoor life.
The microscope features include:
- Portable and lightweight which is ideal for field use
- Optical components with achromatic glass lenses
- Widefield x10 eyepieces
- Pair of x2 objectives giving an overall magnification of x20, which can be extended to x50 with
additional eyepieces
- Integral battery powered LED incident light source with on/off switch
- Friction rack focus system
- Removable white dissection plate with specimen clamps
- Fully adjustable interpupillary distance
The Apex Scholar is a trinocular laboratory standard microscope which is available at an amazing price for a limited period only. A well made trinocular microscope of superior design. The lighting is shared between the binocular viewing eyetubes and the trinocular photography tube. Ideal for digital capture. There are four achromatic objectives giving quality images at all magnifications.
Some of the features include:
- Trinocular head
- Binocular eyetubes that focus individually
- x4, x10, x40, x100 (oil) DIN standard objectives
- Parfocal objectives - focus with one of them and then swing the others round and they will be close to focus
- Mechanical stage with vernier scales - you can make a map reference of the essential areas of the slide
- Coaxial coarse and fine focus controls
- Abbe condenser with iris diaphragm
- Safety stop and tension controls
- Excellent rheostat controlled LED lighting
This is an ideal carrying case for the Apex Practitioner microscope. Excellent build quality that keeps your microscope safe in any environment. The corners and edges of the case are reinforced and there is a shoulder strap as an alternative to the carrying handle. Excellent value and an ideal accessory.
Making your own slide preparations can be very rewarding, and the starters slide kit is designed to give an easy to understand introduction to slide preparation. The kit uses an aqueous mountant which is safe even in the youngest of hands and does not need any chemicals as part of the process. The excellent book Adventures with a Microscope. Ideal for young scientists of all ages!
