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Magnaview DC3-163 and DC5-163
Digital Microscopes with Built-in Digital Cameras

Background information on CCD and CMOS technology

Digital Microscope

More than just great microscopes...... simply plug in your computer and you are ready to capture digital images of your specimen, label them, store them or email them. And there is no need to buy separate microscope, camera, cables and software; everything needed to get started is contained within each package.

All models come with the Motic Images Plus software which provides a vast assortment of image capture, manipulation and measurement options.

The Magnaview DC3-163 and DC5-163 use the identical microscope base, objectives and optical accessories as the National 163 Light Microscope. The difference is the digital/analog camera for the DC3-163 and the high resolution digital camera for the DC5-163.

Eyepieces: WF 10x/18mm, pointer standard in one eyepiece, with rubber eyepiece cups. Optional eyepiece available.

Viewing Head 30° inclined and can be rotated 360° for reverse position viewing.

Quadruple Objective Turret is ball bearing mounted for smooth, precise positioning of objectives, features textured rubber knurling for easy grip.

Objective lenses: choose standard achromatic, super high contrast, plan or phase. Following are supplied DIN standard: 4x (0.10NA), 10x (0.25NA), 40xR (0.65NA) and 100xR oil immersion (1.25NA).

Stage: Large 140mm wide by 135mm deep (5.5 x 5.25") large stage surface with built-in low profile, ball bearing mounted mechanical specimen holder with low-position coaxial controls. Movements are 70mm (X) by 50mm (Y) with 0.1mm graduations.

Condenser: 1.25NA Abbe condenser with rack & pinion focusing, iris diaphragm, swing out filter holder with clear blue, green and yellow filters supplied.

Focusing: Coaxial coarse and fine, coarse has tension adjustment, fine is graduated

Illumination: 12V/20 Watts halogen lamp with variable rheostat control, illuminated on/off switch. 115V/60Hz and 230V/50Hz models available. 0.5A delay fuse

Frame: Cast aluminum for increased stability with easy to clean grey finish. Base dimensions: 185mm wide by 235mm deep (7.25 x 9.25"). Transformer is housed in the base.

CCD Camera: The DC3-163 uses a digital/analog CCD camera with .4 Megapixels in digital mode and 480 lines resolution in analog mode. The advantage is that the DC3-163 can be connected to a computer or to an additional analog monitor which is great for a multi user and/or teaching environment. The DC5-163 includes a high resolution 2.0 Mega Pixels camera with a USB 2.0 port for high speed image transfer.

5 Year Limited Warranty, excluding bulb and fuse. Delivery complete with dust cover and instruction manual.

Prod #DescriptionUnitPriceOrder / Quote
Complete Systems for the DC3-163 and DC5-163 Microscopes

Was $1,609.00

22450-10
DC3-163 Trinocular, WF10x/18 Eyepieces, Achromat Objectives 4x, 10x, 40x R, 100x R-Oil, focusable 1.25 NA Abbe condenser, halogen illumination 12V/20W, Digital & analog signals, Motic Images Plus
each
$1,447.00
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Was $1,690.00

22450-11DC3-163-ASC Trinocular, WF10x/18 Eyepieces, Super High Contrast Objectives 4x, 10x, 40x R, 100x R-Oil, focusable 1.25 NA Abbe condenser, halogen illumination 12V/20W, Digital & analog signals, Motic Images Pluseach1,520.00
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Was $1,839.00

22450-12DC3-163-P Trinocular, WF10x/18 Eyepieces, Plan Achromat Objectives 4x, 10x, 40x R, 100x R-Oil, focusable 1.25 NA Abbe condenser, halogen illumination 12V/20W, Digital & analog signals, Motic Images Pluseach1,654.00
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Was $2,659.00

22450-13DC3-163-PH Trinocular, WF10x/18 Eyepieces, Plan Phase Achromat Objectives 4x, 10x, 40x R, 100x R-Oil, focusable 1.25 NA Abbe condenser, halogen illumination 12V/20W, Digital & analog signals, Motic Images Pluseach2,392.00
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Was $1,735.00

22450-15DC5-163 Trinocular, WF10x/18 Eyepieces, Achromat Objectives 4x, 10x, 40x R, 100x R-Oil, focusable 1.25 NA Abbe condenser, halogen illumination 12V/20W, Digital signal (2.0 megapixel), Motic Images Pluseach1,560.00
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Was $1,816.00

22450-16DC5-163-ASC Trinocular, WF10x/18 Eyepieces, Super High Contrast Objectives 4x, 10x, 40x R, 100x R-Oil, focusable 1.25 NA Abbe condenser, halogen illumination 12V/20W, Digital signal (2.0 megapixel), Motic Images Pluseach1,633.00
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Was $1,975.00

22450-17DC5-163-P Trinocular, WF10x/18 Eyepieces, Plan Achromat Objectives 4x, 10x, 40x R, 100x R-Oil, focusable 1.25 NA Abbe condenser, halogen illumination 12V/20W, Digital signal (2.0 megapixel), Motic Images Pluseach1,776.00
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Was $2,795.00

22450-18DC5-163-PH Trinocular, WF10x/18 Eyepieces, Plan Phase Objectives 10x, 40x R, 100x R-Oil, 1.25 NA phase turret condenser with one bright fixed position, centering telescope, halogen illumination 12V/20W, Digital signal (2.0 megapixel), Motic Images Pluseach2,514.00
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all DC3/DC5-163 series microscopes include blue, green and yellow filter, power cord, vinyl dust cover and come with 5 year limited warranty, excl bulb & fuse.
Accessories for the DC3-163 and DC5-163 Microscopes
Eyepeices (each)
22437-312Widefield Eyepiece WF10x (FN18) standardeach47.00
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22437-313Widefield Eyepiece WF10x (FN18) w/pointereach47.00
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22437-314Widefield Eyepiece WF10x (FN18), reticle 10mm/100 div.each78.00
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Reticles
22437-301Eyepiece reticle 10mm/100 div., 19mm dia., 1.288mm thickeach31.00
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Achromat Objectives
22437-320DIN Achromatic Objective 4x/0.1each29.00
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22437-321DIN Achromatic Objective 10x/0.25each30.00
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22437-325DIN Achromatic Objective 40x/0.65each38.00
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22437-328DIN Achromatic Objective 100x/1.25/R-Oileach63.00
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Super High Contrast Objectives
22437-330DIN Super High Contrast Objective 4x/0.1each25.00
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22437-331DIN Super High Contrast Objective 10x/0.25each33.00
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22437-335DIN Super High Contrast Objective 40x/0.65/Reach60.00
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22437-338DIN Super High Contrast Objective 100x/1.25/R-Oileach92.00
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Plan Achromat Objectives
22437-340DIN Plan Achromat Objective 4x/0.1each30.00
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22437-341DIN Plan Achromat Objective 10x/0.25each50.00
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22437-342DIN Plan Achromat Objective 20x/0.40each95.00
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22437-345DIN Plan Achromat Objective 40x/0.65/Reach95.00
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22437-347DIN Plan Achromat Objective 60x/0.85/Reach155.00
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22437-348DIN Plan Achromat Objective 100x/1.25/R-Oileach155.00
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Phase Contrast
22437-350Phase Contrast Set: Plan Phase objectives 10x, 20x, 40x, 100xR-Oil; Phase Turret Condenser Assembly, Centering Telescope; Blue and Green Filters, Storage Caseeach1,235.00
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Darkfield
22437-410Darkfield Attachment, simple plug-in typeeach45.00
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Photo and Video Adapters
22437-4002.5x SLR Projection Lenseach131.00
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22437-402T-Mount Adapter for Canon FDeach70.00
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22437-403T-Mount Adapter for Nikon ALeach70.00
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22437-404T-Mount Adapter for Olympus OMeach70.00
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22437-405T-Mount Adapter for Canon EOSeach70.00
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22437-4070.5x C-mount Camera Adapter for 1/2" chip sensorseach70.00
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Optional Accessosries and Replacements
22437-426Mirror Assemblyeach18.00
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22437-230Quartz Halogen Lamp 12V/20Weach15.00
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22437-235Replacement Fuse, 0.5A, time delayeach5.00
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22430-240Immersion Oil, 5mleach5.50
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22437-250Dust Covereach7.00
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22437-255Carrying Case, anodized aluminum w/lockeach119.00
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 CCD Camera Specifications and Computer System Requirements for Microscopes Model DC3/DC5-163

Background information on CCD and CMOS technology

Camera Specifications and Computer Operating Specifications for Microscopes DC3-163 / DC5-163
  DC3-163 Digital & Analog Signals DC5-163
Camera Output Ports S-Video or RCA (analog) and USB (digital) USB (digital signal)
Technical Data NTSC (analog signal) USB 1.0 (digital signal) USB 2.0 (digital signal)
CCD Size 1/3" interline CCD 1/2" CMOS
Still Image Resolution 768 x 494 640 x 480 pixels 1600 x 1200 pixels
Digital Resolution N/A 0.4 megapixel 2.0 megapixel
Analog Resolution 480 lines TV lines NTSC N/A N/ A
Electronic Shutter 535 lines, 60 fields/sec 30fps 10fps @ 1600 x 1200
40fps @ 800 x 600
Sync System Internal Sync N/A N/A
Audio Output Via Motic Images Plus Via Motic Images Plus
S/N Ratio >48db (AGC off) N/A N/A
Gamma 0.45 N/A N/A
White Balance Auto Auto
Back Light Compensation Auto Auto
Minimum Illumination 5 Lux (F:1.4) 5 Lux (F:1.4)
Color Transfer 7.5 MB/sec 7.5 MB/sec
Color Image Take Up Time <1 sec Take Up Time <1 sec
Color Depth 24 bit (16.7 million colors) 24 bit (16.7 million colors)
Power Supply Built-in 12V power supply from mains (analog) /
5V self-power from computer over USB
5V self-power from computer over USB
Power Consumption 180mA 280mA 250mA
Digital Data Format BMP, JPG, TIFF, MIG (recording) BMP, JPG, TIFF, MIG (recording)
Operating System Windows 98 and above, Mac OS 9.2 Windows 2000 and above, Mac OS X
Computer Requirements 1 GHz or higher, 1GB available hard drive, 256MB RAM, 32MB display memory,
USB 2.0 port (USB 1.0 port ok for DC3-163), CD-ROM drive