Nikon Microscopes Explained
Almost everybody in the world today knows what Nikon is and what it does. It is a world-renowned brand, strongly founded as a market leader in optical instrumentation.
Nikon is the only microscope company that makes its own glass, making sure that only the best of quality assurance is executed all throughout the production.
With almost one hundred years of experience, Nikon has always been at the top of optical technology and innovation, promoting creativity and reliability as a part of the company’s mission statement.
The Nikon company started way back in 1917, when three Japanese optical manufacturers decided to come together and form a company, then known as Nippon Kigaku KK (or Japan Optics, in literal English translation), manufacturing precision optical glass.
The brand expanded to manufacture the first microscope in 1925, with a revolving nosepiece and interchangeable objectives – known as the Joico microscope.
In the succeeding decades, the world of microscopy considerably grew as the company introduced ground breaking polarizing and stereo microscopes in addition to the its existing line of products in order to meet the demands of the increasing measuring and inspecting market.
In the 1970s, the CF Optical System was recognized and Nikon released their Optiphot and Labophot microscopes. In the years that followed, Nikon brought more than 80 new products to the field of microscopy as the first test tube babies were conceived in the UK in 1978 and the USA in 1980 with the help of Nikon’s inverted Diaphot microscope.
In the 1990s, more innovation took place with the introduction of the Eclipse range of infinity products. Nikon also played another significant role to humanity when Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell, was a success using a Nikon Diaphot microscope.
Not only that, the new Millennium witnessed the birth of digital imaging solutions for microscopy as Nikon paved the way for providing superior and practical cameras to do this.
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Nikon 1.25 Microscope Attachment with Blue Filter $189.99 |
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Nikon PFX Photomicrographic Microscope Assembly $14.99 |
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Nikon PFX 4x Photomicrographic Microscope Shutter Assembly $14.99 |
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NIKON 3X MACRO microscope objective with Adapter $72.01 |
The introduction of the DS camera series and the Coolscope marked another great leap in the transfer of images all over the world. Although the future as always is uncertain, what is obvious is the pace at which significant changes happen.
Applications and disciplines that use to be totally separate entities are now getting closer in several fields like Lab-on-a-Chip and Biophysics. This union has resulted to the unique interdisciplinary products that include the AZ100 and the LV-UDM microscopes.
Cell studies are now asking for the ability to study live, in situ cellular interactions and movements for which Nikon has modestly responded with its latest in Cellogy and Cell Care – the BioStation series.
Nikon was able to rise to the challenge every step of the way and through its innovative solutions it was able to successfully assist research in introducing some of mankind’s most truly memorable achievements.
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Nikon 1.25 Microscope Attachment with Blue Filter $189.99 |
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Nikon PFX Photomicrographic Microscope Assembly $14.99 |
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Nikon PFX 4x Photomicrographic Microscope Shutter Assembly $14.99 |
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NIKON 3X MACRO microscope objective with Adapter $72.01 |
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Nikon Diaphot Inverted Microscope (Used) $4,000.00 |
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Nikon Optiphot Compound Biological Microscope (Used) $3,450.00 |
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Nikon E 40/40X 0.65 160/0.17 Microscope Objective $154.99 |
