meopta

[azteka]

Dose anyone know anything about this?
http://www.swisslink.com/products/medic ... h-33-1876/
C'mon guys already 20 view and not a sinlge comment?

[enricosavazzi]

Dose anyone know anything about this?
http://www.swisslink.com/products/medic ... h-33-1876/
C'mon guys already 20 view and not a sinlge comment?

I don't know anything about this specific model, so I can only make a few general comments.

If you need a field microscope, this seems to be neither very small nor very light. A possible problem is whether it uses proprietary objectives and eyepieces. In this case, finding spare or additional optics is going to be difficult. If it uses standard parts (perhaps finite for 160 mm tube length), then it is not much smaller than an ordinary table-top microscope. One-eye observation can be tiresome.

It says "mirror" in the description, so probably it does not have a built-in illuminator and needs sunlight for operation (or an external LED or halogen illuminator for indoors operation).

If you need a generic (non-portable) microscope, this is maybe a bit too expensive and you might be able to get a better, more rigid table-top model (e.g. from Zeiss) that uses easily found parts for the same or less money. You would also be able to gradually expand the latter system gradually as your needs grow, rather than buy the whole set of (proprietary?) accessories up front.

[azteka]

Dose anyone know anything about this?
http://www.swisslink.com/products/medic ... h-33-1876/
C'mon guys already 20 view and not a sinlge comment?

I don't know anything about this specific model, so I can only make a few general comments.

If you need a generic (non-portable) microscope, this is maybe a bit too expensive and you might be able to get a better, more rigid table-top model (e.g. from Zeiss) that uses easily found parts for the same or less money. You would also be able to gradually expand the latter system gradually as your needs grow, rather than buy the whole set of (proprietary?) accessories up front.

I found the same microscope brand new but black at 150€ just wanted to know if worth the mony

[rjlittlefield]

C'mon guys already 20 view and not a sinlge comment?

This is not surprising. Your title contains only one word, "meopta", and that word is quite rare at photomacrography.net. Other than your question, "meopta" appears in only 7 postings --- 5 of which do not relate to microscopes, 1 mentions a condenser, and the remaining one just appears in a list. I imagine those 20 views were people who just wondered what you were talking about and moved on quietly because they had nothing to contribute.

I don't have much to contribute either. It's apparent from the lack of discussion that this is not a well known brand. I did a quick Google search looking for other discussions and found a little in the Yahoo microscope group:

http://tech.dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/ ... sage/56305 talking about a desk model binocular scope with more features than yours

http://tech.dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/ ... sage/54494 talking about a field model that is much smaller and lightly built than yours

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Micr ... sage/59350 asking a question, which was unanswered

http://tech.dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/ ... sage/33617 generic discussion mentioning meopta

I notice that in May 2012 you asked about another unidentifiable microscope, Is this a good micro a for an absolute biginner? Dose it worth the mony?.

So, are you still an absolute beginner looking for a first scope?

If so, you would get more help by asking for general advice about that situation, rather than pointing to specific unusual scopes and asking if they're worth the price.

--Rik

[azteka]

C'mon guys already 20 view and not a sinlge comment?

I notice that in May 2012 you asked about another unidentifiable microscope, Is this a good micro a for an absolute biginner? Dose it worth the mony?.

So, are you still an absolute beginner looking for a first scope?

--Rik

Yes im still a biginenr but Thx for your search i already did that and that's why i came here to ask, the model is Meopta BC 28 SV-562 21, but i think im gonna buy it this time, i will come later with pics

[microcollector]

From the Micromounters section of Mindat Forums is this link about a Nikon field microscope.

http://www.mindat.org/mesg-60-281086.html

[g4lab]

Meopta is an established Czech optical firm. Alot of their stuff after wwII seemed to be copies of zeiss stuff. Like LOMO and PZO and a couple of other eastern block optical companies they got "liberated" Zeiss Jena designs.
Everything Meopta I have ever seen looked to be excellent quality. On their microcopes dovetails are likely to be interchangeable with contemporary Zeiss or aus Jena. Of course that needs to be checked.