Chinese 5x M Plan APO

ray_parkhurst · Post by **ray_parkhurst** » Fri Jul 14, 2017 3:25 pm

Has anyone tested the 5x M Plan APO objective sold by WeMacro? It looks like a Chinese-made copy of the Mitty 5x. I'm curious if it's a decent (or maybe better!) alternative.

http://www.wemacro.com/?product=5x-infi ... g-distance

ChrisR · Post by **ChrisR** » Fri Jul 14, 2017 3:43 pm

There's a 10x, too:
http://www.wemacro.com/?product=10x-inf ... g-distance

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Fri Jul 14, 2017 5:58 pm

Sample images posted for the 10X look pretty good, especially since they specify the camera and tube lens also.

--Rik

Greenfields · Post by **Greenfields** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 11:29 am

Specifications:

https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/ ... 83299.html

Manufacturer: Ningbo Haishu Honu Opto-Electro Co., Ltd

https://ningbomicroscope.en.alibaba.com ... 975egypzjb

"located in Ningbo, which is the microscope and educational instruments manufacturing center of China."

and the four objectives are described as Honu OBJ.32.APO Microscope Infinity Plan Apochromatic Objective/Microscope Objective.

And what may (or may not) be a white-labelled version:

http://www.bwoptics.com/proend.asp?id=92

Henry

ray_parkhurst · Post by **ray_parkhurst** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 12:46 pm

Excellent, thanks for the links.

johan · Post by **johan** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 12:59 pm

I've had it and the 10x for a few weeks and initial plays with it on APSC looked very encouraging! Sadly I'm unable to do a more thorough test, as I'm moving house and it'll be a few months before the new house has a partial conversion done to give me a macro studio again.