Meiji magnification

[will]

I just bought a meiji microscope without eye pieces, I believe they are called ocular lenses. My question is what magnification do I want? The large lense on the bottom has 2 posisitions 1x and .5x. So I would assume if I had 5x eyepieces I would have 5x and 2.5x magnification, correct? I bought the emx 1 model because it has about 10 or 12 inches between the work and the lense. Sounded good to me, having a little room to work. I guess I should have asked for advise on that issue before I purchased also. Opinion there would be appreciated also.

Thanks guys.
WILL

 

[Sam]

The Meiji EMZ-5 is the proper bench microscope. Sorry I don't know anything about the emx 1, but the standard eyepieces for bench use are 10x.

 

[will]

The Meiji EMZ-5 is the proper bench microscope. Sorry I don't know anything about the emx 1, but the standard eyepieces for bench use are 10x.

Thanks Sam. I will look up the specs on the emz-5 and see if I screwed up.

 

[monk]

i'm just guessing, but most of my scope use was at about 20x or less. my leica is continuously variable, so no real way to know the power.

 

[EngraverHand]

My Meiji EMZ-5 Uses 10X eyepieces and a 0,5 Barlow lens. That´s also what my other microscope uses..

I dont know the EMX-1 very well, but I´m not sure if it´s well suited for engraving. It does not have any zoom from what I can see.. so if you buy 5x eyepieces you get 5x zoom, and if you get 10 x eyepieces..

But that´s where you will be.. no zooming in or out, only adjust the sharpness at the eyepieces.

I would try to sell it and look for something more suitable for engraving.

 

[Adder]

As engraverHand says....

Paired Objectives: 0.5X, 1X
Magnification: 5X, 10X (with 10X eyepieces) and 7,5x and 15x (with 15x eyepieces)

I had a simular scope without zoom before. It was okey to use for engraving, but I bought many different eyepieces (5x, 10x, 15x and 20x). My scope had only 1x barlow lence though

Jørn-Ove