BX53
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The BX53 semi-motorized microscope offers flexible configurations for a wide range of observation methods, including phase contrast and fluorescence. High-performance X Line™ objectives with bright LED lighting delivers sharp, high-resolution images with better color accuracy for pathology and laboratory applications.
Overview
Flexible and Customizable
The LED illuminator for the BX53 is equivalent to or better than a 100 W halogen lamp, delivering brightness that’s appropriate for teaching or contrast methods. The BX53 microscope can be customized for different observation methods, such as phase contrast and fluorescence, with modular components.
Immersive Views, Enhanced Decisions
Fully explore routine pathology samples in a more immersive view that supports efficient evaluations and decisions with an upgraded FN26.5 ocular.
See More, Work Faster
See 31% more of your sample at once with the unmatched field of view on our FN26.5 ocular. This wider view—with the same optical quality as the standard FN22—reduces the hand movements needed to adjust the slide and fully explore your sample, supporting faster analyses and decisions.
An Immersive View
Fully explore your sample in a more natural and immersive view. A wider view enables natural eye movement as you navigate through the slide, improving comfort and efficiency during routine work.
Acquire Precise Images with X Line Objectives
These objectives combine improved flatness, numerical aperture, and chromatic aberration to deliver clear, high-resolution images with better color accuracy across the entire spectrum. The elimination of violet color aberration creates clear whites and vivid pinks, improving contrast and sharpness.
Bright LED Lighting Designed for Pathology and Laboratory
>With spectral characteristics similar to halogen light sources, the LED illuminator enables you to view the purple, cyan, and pink colors important in clinical research applications while enjoying the long use life of an LED.
Digital Imaging Helps Simplify Your Work
From advanced research to capturing images for conferences, our digital microscope cameras and cellSens imaging software help ensure fluorescence imaging with a high signal-to-noise ratio.
Upgrade to Motorized Components
Automatically record and share magnification setting information with the optional coded nosepiece or change observation methods with a single touch using the hand switch. Motorized options include:
- Fluorescence cube
- Filter wheel
- Nosepiece
- Condenser
Bright Images in Multi-Head Configurations
The multi-head light path has been redesigned not only to orient all images the same way but also to allow the intense LED to provide clear, bright images for up to 26 participants.
Save Microscopy Data via Coded Units
Add an optional coded nosepiece to your BX53 microscope to automatically record and share magnification setting information for post-imaging treatments. The metadata is automatically sent to cellSens software, helping minimize mistakes and scaling errors
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Even Fluorescence Across the Field of View
Fluorescence illuminators with a fly-eye lens provide homogenous illumination across the entire wavelength spectrum and simplify burner alignment.
Flexible 8-Position Illuminator
Easily changeable mirror units to provide flexibility for a wide variety of fluorescence specimens. The design reduces the need to replace mirror units for multicolor or FISH applications, further accelerating your work.
Mirror Units Optimized for Fluorescence
The fluorescence mirror units have advanced coatings that provide high transmission and steep cut-off slopes. The interior surfaces eliminate over 99% of stray light for high sensitivity and sharp color separation.
High-Transmission Objectives with Reduced Autofluorescence
UIS2 objectives with a high numerical aperture (NA) have chromatic aberration corrections to provide high resolution, even from faint fluorescence signals. Advanced coating technologies reduce autofluorescence and improve the signal-to-noise ratio for flat, high transmission over a wide wavelength.
Condenser Reduces Back Reflections
During fluorescence imaging, the motorized universal condenser reduces back reflections and autofluorescence by swinging its top lens out, automatically closing its diaphragm to a minimum, and locating the wheel between two positions.
Comfortable Stage
Mechanical stages are coated with an abrasion-resistant ceramic and have a rackless, wire-driven design.
Keep Your Arms Resting on the Desk
The stage handle extender enables you to keep your arms resting on the desk while you work. A rubber cap can be mounted to the handle, so you can control the stage with small force.
Specifications
Observation Method | Brightfield | ✓ | |
Darkfield | ✓ | ||
Phase Contrast | ✓ | ||
Fluorescence (Blue/Green Excitations) | ✓ | ||
Fluorescence (Ultraviolet Excitations) | ✓ | ||
Differential Interference Contrast | ✓ | ||
Polarized Light | ✓ | ||
Simple Polarized Light | ✓ | ||
Illuminator | Transmitted Köhler Illuminator | LED Lamp | ✓ |
Fluorescence Illuminator | Direct Coupled 100 W Mercury Lamp or LED | ✓ | |
Light Guide Illumination | ✓ | ||
Focus | Focusing Mechanism | Stage Focus | ✓ |
Intermediate Magnification Changer | Manual Terret | ✓ | |
Revolving Nosepiece | Motorized (7 positions) | ✓ | |
Manual | Coded (7 positions) | ✓ | |
Standard (7 positions) | ✓ | ||
Stage | Manual | Manual Stages with Right-Hand Control | X: 76 mm (3 in.), Y: 52 mm (2 in.) |
Mechanical | Oil Rectangular Stage with Right-Hand Control | X: 76 mm (3 in.), Y: 52 mm (2 in.) | |
Plain Stage | Dimensions: 180 mm × 150 mm (7 in. × 6 in.) | ||
Rotatable Graduated Stage | Rotation: 360 degrees | ||
Condenser | Motorized | Universal Condenser (Phase/Darkfield/DIC) | NA 0.9/ W.D. 1.5 mm for 1.25X–100X [swing-out: 1.25X–4X, with oil top lens: (NA 1.4/ W.D. 0.63 mm)] |
Manual | Universal Condenser (Phase/Darkfield/DIC) | NA 0.9/ W.D. 1.5 mm for 1.25X–100X [swing-out: 1.25X–4X, with oil top lens: (NA 1.4/ W.D. 0.63 mm)] | |
Swing-Out Condenser | NA 0.9/ W.D. 2 mm (1.25X–100X) | ||
Achromatic/Aplanatic Condenser | NA 1.4/ W.D. 0.7 mm (oil) (10X–100X) | ||
Darkfield Condenser Dry | NA 0.8–0.92/ W.D. 4.52 mm (10X–40X) | ||
Darkfield Condenser Oil | NA 1.2–1.4/ W.D. 0.5 mm (20X–100X) | ||
Low Magnification Condenser | NA 0.75/ W.D. 1.55 mm (2X–100X) | ||
Abbe Condenser | NA 1.1/ W.D. 0.7 mm (oil) (4X–100X) | ||
Phase Contrast Condenser | NA 1.1/ W.D. 0.7 mm (4X–100X) | ||
Polarizing Condenser | NA 0.9/ W.D. 1.3 mm (slide glass 1.5 mm) (4X–100X) | ||
Observation Tubes | Widefield (FN22) | Binocular | ✓ |
Tilting Binocular | ✓ | ||
Trinocular | ✓ | ||
Tilting Trinocular (FN26.5 available when no intermediate tube is used) | ✓ | ||
Ergonomic Tilting Binocular | ✓ | ||
Tilting, Telescopic, Lifting Binocular | ✓ | ||
Trinocular for Infrared | ✓ | ||
Erected Trinocular | ✓ | ||
Erected Ergonomic Tilting Binocular | ✓ | ||
Super Widefield (FN26.5) | Trinocular | ✓ | |
Erect Image Tilting Trinocular | ✓ | ||
Dimensions (W × D × H) | 274.5 mm × 614 mm × 469 mm (10.8 in. × 24.2 in. × 18.5 in.) (Epifluorescence configuration) | ||
Weight | 21 kg (46.3 lb) (Epifluorescence configuration) | ||
Operating Environment | Indoor Use | Ambient Temperature | 5 °C–40 °C (41 °F–104 °F) |
Maximum Relative Humidity | 80% for temperatures up to 31 ºC (88 ºF), decreasing linearly through 70% at 34 ºC (93 ºF), 60% at 37 ºC (99 ºF), to 50% relative humidity at 40 ºC (104 ºF) | ||
Supply Voltage Fluctuations | ±10 % | ||
Overview
Flexible and Customizable
The LED illuminator for the BX53 is equivalent to or better than a 100 W halogen lamp, delivering brightness that’s appropriate for teaching or contrast methods. The BX53 microscope can be customized for different observation methods, such as phase contrast and fluorescence, with modular components.
Immersive Views, Enhanced Decisions
Fully explore routine pathology samples in a more immersive view that supports efficient evaluations and decisions with an upgraded FN26.5 ocular.
See More, Work Faster
See 31% more of your sample at once with the unmatched field of view on our FN26.5 ocular. This wider view—with the same optical quality as the standard FN22—reduces the hand movements needed to adjust the slide and fully explore your sample, supporting faster analyses and decisions.
An Immersive View
Fully explore your sample in a more natural and immersive view. A wider view enables natural eye movement as you navigate through the slide, improving comfort and efficiency during routine work.
Acquire Precise Images with X Line Objectives
These objectives combine improved flatness, numerical aperture, and chromatic aberration to deliver clear, high-resolution images with better color accuracy across the entire spectrum. The elimination of violet color aberration creates clear whites and vivid pinks, improving contrast and sharpness.
Bright LED Lighting Designed for Pathology and Laboratory
>With spectral characteristics similar to halogen light sources, the LED illuminator enables you to view the purple, cyan, and pink colors important in clinical research applications while enjoying the long use life of an LED.
Digital Imaging Helps Simplify Your Work
From advanced research to capturing images for conferences, our digital microscope cameras and cellSens imaging software help ensure fluorescence imaging with a high signal-to-noise ratio.
Upgrade to Motorized Components
Automatically record and share magnification setting information with the optional coded nosepiece or change observation methods with a single touch using the hand switch. Motorized options include:
- Fluorescence cube
- Filter wheel
- Nosepiece
- Condenser
Bright Images in Multi-Head Configurations
The multi-head light path has been redesigned not only to orient all images the same way but also to allow the intense LED to provide clear, bright images for up to 26 participants.
Save Microscopy Data via Coded Units
Add an optional coded nosepiece to your BX53 microscope to automatically record and share magnification setting information for post-imaging treatments. The metadata is automatically sent to cellSens software, helping minimize mistakes and scaling errors
Applied Technologies
Even Fluorescence Across the Field of View
Fluorescence illuminators with a fly-eye lens provide homogenous illumination across the entire wavelength spectrum and simplify burner alignment.
Flexible 8-Position Illuminator
Easily changeable mirror units to provide flexibility for a wide variety of fluorescence specimens. The design reduces the need to replace mirror units for multicolor or FISH applications, further accelerating your work.
Mirror Units Optimized for Fluorescence
The fluorescence mirror units have advanced coatings that provide high transmission and steep cut-off slopes. The interior surfaces eliminate over 99% of stray light for high sensitivity and sharp color separation.
High-Transmission Objectives with Reduced Autofluorescence
UIS2 objectives with a high numerical aperture (NA) have chromatic aberration corrections to provide high resolution, even from faint fluorescence signals. Advanced coating technologies reduce autofluorescence and improve the signal-to-noise ratio for flat, high transmission over a wide wavelength.
Condenser Reduces Back Reflections
During fluorescence imaging, the motorized universal condenser reduces back reflections and autofluorescence by swinging its top lens out, automatically closing its diaphragm to a minimum, and locating the wheel between two positions.
Comfortable Stage
Mechanical stages are coated with an abrasion-resistant ceramic and have a rackless, wire-driven design.
Keep Your Arms Resting on the Desk
The stage handle extender enables you to keep your arms resting on the desk while you work. A rubber cap can be mounted to the handle, so you can control the stage with small force.
Specifications
Observation Method | Brightfield | ✓ | |
Darkfield | ✓ | ||
Phase Contrast | ✓ | ||
Fluorescence (Blue/Green Excitations) | ✓ | ||
Fluorescence (Ultraviolet Excitations) | ✓ | ||
Differential Interference Contrast | ✓ | ||
Polarized Light | ✓ | ||
Simple Polarized Light | ✓ | ||
Illuminator | Transmitted Köhler Illuminator | LED Lamp | ✓ |
Fluorescence Illuminator | Direct Coupled 100 W Mercury Lamp or LED | ✓ | |
Light Guide Illumination | ✓ | ||
Focus | Focusing Mechanism | Stage Focus | ✓ |
Intermediate Magnification Changer | Manual Terret | ✓ | |
Revolving Nosepiece | Motorized (7 positions) | ✓ | |
Manual | Coded (7 positions) | ✓ | |
Standard (7 positions) | ✓ | ||
Stage | Manual | Manual Stages with Right-Hand Control | X: 76 mm (3 in.), Y: 52 mm (2 in.) |
Mechanical | Oil Rectangular Stage with Right-Hand Control | X: 76 mm (3 in.), Y: 52 mm (2 in.) | |
Plain Stage | Dimensions: 180 mm × 150 mm (7 in. × 6 in.) | ||
Rotatable Graduated Stage | Rotation: 360 degrees | ||
Condenser | Motorized | Universal Condenser (Phase/Darkfield/DIC) | NA 0.9/ W.D. 1.5 mm for 1.25X–100X [swing-out: 1.25X–4X, with oil top lens: (NA 1.4/ W.D. 0.63 mm)] |
Manual | Universal Condenser (Phase/Darkfield/DIC) | NA 0.9/ W.D. 1.5 mm for 1.25X–100X [swing-out: 1.25X–4X, with oil top lens: (NA 1.4/ W.D. 0.63 mm)] | |
Swing-Out Condenser | NA 0.9/ W.D. 2 mm (1.25X–100X) | ||
Achromatic/Aplanatic Condenser | NA 1.4/ W.D. 0.7 mm (oil) (10X–100X) | ||
Darkfield Condenser Dry | NA 0.8–0.92/ W.D. 4.52 mm (10X–40X) | ||
Darkfield Condenser Oil | NA 1.2–1.4/ W.D. 0.5 mm (20X–100X) | ||
Low Magnification Condenser | NA 0.75/ W.D. 1.55 mm (2X–100X) | ||
Abbe Condenser | NA 1.1/ W.D. 0.7 mm (oil) (4X–100X) | ||
Phase Contrast Condenser | NA 1.1/ W.D. 0.7 mm (4X–100X) | ||
Polarizing Condenser | NA 0.9/ W.D. 1.3 mm (slide glass 1.5 mm) (4X–100X) | ||
Observation Tubes | Widefield (FN22) | Binocular | ✓ |
Tilting Binocular | ✓ | ||
Trinocular | ✓ | ||
Tilting Trinocular (FN26.5 available when no intermediate tube is used) | ✓ | ||
Ergonomic Tilting Binocular | ✓ | ||
Tilting, Telescopic, Lifting Binocular | ✓ | ||
Trinocular for Infrared | ✓ | ||
Erected Trinocular | ✓ | ||
Erected Ergonomic Tilting Binocular | ✓ | ||
Super Widefield (FN26.5) | Trinocular | ✓ | |
Erect Image Tilting Trinocular | ✓ | ||
Dimensions (W × D × H) | 274.5 mm × 614 mm × 469 mm (10.8 in. × 24.2 in. × 18.5 in.) (Epifluorescence configuration) | ||
Weight | 21 kg (46.3 lb) (Epifluorescence configuration) | ||
Operating Environment | Indoor Use | Ambient Temperature | 5 °C–40 °C (41 °F–104 °F) |
Maximum Relative Humidity | 80% for temperatures up to 31 ºC (88 ºF), decreasing linearly through 70% at 34 ºC (93 ºF), 60% at 37 ºC (99 ºF), to 50% relative humidity at 40 ºC (104 ºF) | ||
Supply Voltage Fluctuations | ±10 % | ||