Microscopes Store : Quality Compound Microscopes and Stereo Microscopes
Hi Valley Chemical is your first choice for educational light microscopes, research lab microscopes or microscopes for the hobbyist. If you need lab microscopes, our store has a wide selection of light microscopes and other microscopes to choose from including:
Elementary Compound Microscopes
Intermediate Compund Microscopes
Research Compound Microscopes
Stereo Microscopes (Duel-Magnification)
Stereo Microscopes Zoom-Magnification
We carry both Compound and Steroscope micorscopes. Both are made with the highest quality materials, and will last for generations.
Compound vs. Stereoscopic Microscopes
Compound microscope: The eyepiece system may be monocular, binocular, or trinocular. Monocular observation uses one eyepiece, binocular observation uses two. Binocular observation is more comfortable, less fatiguing, and if the microscopist uses both eyes they are less strained that one eye with monocular observation. Trinocular microscopes contain an additional upright ocular which is utilized when the microscope is used with a photo or video system.
Compound microscopes are used to observe small animals in water, sections of plants, and/or animal an plant cells, a microscope with an overall magnification range from 25X to 400X is required. To examine bacteria, blood counts, chromosomes, etc. the microscope's total magnification should reach 1000X.
Stereo microscope or Dissecting microscope: Stereoscopic (3D) vision is possible by the combined action of two eyes. This requires an independent optical system for each eye (similar to how binoculars work). A stereo microscope features two tubes with independent optical systems with two eyepieces and two objectives. Which means that a stereo microscope is in fact, a combination of two compound monocular microscopes whose optical axes are at a right angle to each other and directed to the same specimen area.
Compound microscope: The eyepiece system may be monocular, binocular, or trinocular. Monocular observation uses one eyepiece, binocular observation uses two. Binocular observation is more comfortable, less fatiguing, and if the microscopist uses both eyes they are less strained that one eye with monocular observation. Trinocular microscopes contain an additional upright ocular which is utilized when the microscope is used with a photo or video system.
Compound microscopes are used to observe small animals in water, sections of plants, and/or animal an plant cells, a microscope with an overall magnification range from 25X to 400X is required. To examine bacteria, blood counts, chromosomes, etc. the microscope's total magnification should reach 1000X.
Stereo microscope or Disecting microscope: Stereoscopic (3D) vision is possible by the combined action of two eyes. This requires an independent optical system for each eye (similar to how binoculars work). A stereo microscope features two tubes with independent optical systems with two eyepieces and two objectives. Which means that a stereo microscope is in fact, a combination of two compound monocular microscopes whose optical axes are at a right angle to each other and directed to the same specimen area.
Stereo microscopes are used for viewing natural specimens such as minerals, insects, plant parts; they are also used for technical applications such as illuminating coins, textiles, and electronic components. Because of its long working distance, dissection and precision assembly are possible under the stereo microscope.