Olympus BX51 Upright Research Microscope with DIC, Phase Contrast & 5MP Camera

The Olympus BX51 is a high-performance upright research microscope designed for advanced biotechnology and cell imaging applications. It features a trinocular head facilitating simultaneous observation and high-resolution imaging via the included Tucsen Michrome 5 Pro 5MP camera with a 0.5x C-mount adapter. The microscope is equipped with a 6-position nosepiece housing five precision objectives tailored for multiple contrast methods:

Optical components include the U-DICT DIC prism slider, U-ANT analyzer, and a BH2-UCD DIC condenser with rotating polarizer, adapted with BX51 model DIC prisms, supporting DIC at 40x and 100x and phase contrast at 10x, 20x, and 40x magnifications. The condenser supports U-DP40 and U-DP100 DIC prisms as well as phase rings for Ph1 and Ph2 contrast techniques.

Illumination is supplied by a 12V 100W halogen lamphouse, complete with spare bulb and dust cover, ensuring stable and bright illumination necessary for both fluorescence and differential interference contrast applications commonly used in molecular diagnostics, synthetic biology research, and bioprocessing workflows.

The right-hand mechanical stage with slide holder offers precise specimen manipulation essential for live-cell imaging and detailed microscopy analyses. This unit has been professionally serviced and tested by an authorized Olympus technician, ensuring reliability for critical biomedical engineering and clinical diagnostics workflows.

Overall, the Olympus BX51 microscope system is widely adopted in biotechnology labs requiring versatile imaging modalities including DIC and phase contrast, making it a critical instrument for gene editing studies, biomanufacturing quality control, and molecular cloning workflows.