ZEISS Axio Imager 2​
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ZEISS Axio Imager 2

Your Upright Microscope Platform for Life Science Research

Combine the best for life science research in a single upright platform. Whether you are simply observing and recording or performing highly complex imaging experiments: It's easy to customize system components to meet the needs of your applications.

  • Excellent optical performance for research-grade imaging
  • Configuration flexibility to meet various application requirements
  • Smart motorization to enable efficient workflows
Pilidium larvae of the Nemertean ribbon worm. Courtesy of Joseph Campanale, Aracely Lutes, and Stephanie Majkut, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts​

Excellent Optical Performance

For Your Most Demanding Applications

The optical system of Axio Imager 2 offers you remarkable performance with highest image contrast, perfect uniformity and unsurpassed resolution in any contrast technique. Benefit from significantly better resolution and higher contrast even at low magnifications and long working distances. Enjoy outstanding results even with extremely weak signals.

Caption:  Pilidium larvae of the Nemertean ribbon worm. Courtesy of Joseph Campanale, Aracely Lutes, and Stephanie Majkut, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts​
  

With its freely accessible infinite space, Axio Imager 2 allows you to add additional components such as light sources and detectors as needed.

Configuration Flexibility

To Expand Your Research Possibilities

Choose your system from six different stand versions and combine it with high-end fluorescence imaging systems such as Apotome 3 or the LSM 9 laser scanning microscopes. With its freely accessible infinite space, Axio Imager 2 allows you to add additional components such as light sources and detectors as needed. You can easily adapt the system components to the requirements of your applications.

The motorized 10-position reflector turret synchronized with the fast Colibri LED light source exhibits a wide selection of excitation wavelengths for brilliant results without pixel shift.

Smart Motorization

For Highest Productivity and Ease of Use

The motorized 10-position reflector turret synchronized with the fast Colibri LED light source exhibits a wide selection of excitation wavelengths for brilliant results without pixel shift. The intelligent, motorized aperture and luminous field diaphragm automatically control contrast and illumination in both the reflected and transmitted light beam path, ensuring reproducible and convenient operation.

Highest Performance through Perfect Interaction of All Components​

  • Infinity contrast & color corrected system

    Infinity Contrast & Color Corrected System

    With its freely accessible infinite space, additional components such as light sources and detectors can be added simply and rapidly as needed.

  • Intuitive controls

    Intuitive Controls

    Managers for light and contrast ensure reproducible conditions. Auto Component Recognition ensures that objectives and filters are automatically detected.

  • High-performance objectives

    High-Performance Objectives

    Benefit from a wide range of objectives for both fixed and live cell imaging applications especially at high magnifications.

  • Motorized DIC

    Motorized DIC

    With the motorized DIC turret, you can automatically shift between different contrast methods to push either resolution or contrast.

  • Motorized diaphragm sliders

    Motorized Diaphragm Sliders

    For reliable reproducibility, objective-specific aperture adaptations can be saved and loaded again at any time.

  • High-efficiency (HE) Filter sets

    High-Efficiency (HE) Filter Sets

    The HE fluorescence filters provide high transmission for excitation and emission with up to 50 % shorter exposure times compared to conventional filters.

  • LED illumination

    LED Illumination

    LED light sources combine constant color temperature independent of brightness, low heat radiation, and long service life.
      

Stand Versions

Standard Equipment
Optional Equipment
Supported Applications

Axio Imager.A2 LED

LED – Fixed-Koehler illumination transmitted-light
Light manager
Encoded
  

Transmitted-light beam path with manual filter wheel
Reflected-light beam path
Apotome 3
Encoded stage

  

Evaluation
Fast routine work
  

Axio Imager.A2

Universal stand transmitted-light
Light manager
Encoded
Neutral density filter wheel
  

Reflected-light beam path
Apotome 3
Encoded and 2-plate scanning stages
  

Observation
Image acquisition and reporting
Interactive measurements
  

Axio Imager.D2

Universal stand transmitted-light
Encoded
Partly motorizable: reflector turret
  

Reflected-light beam path
Reflector turret 6x or 10x  
Apotome 3
Encoded and 2-plate scanning stages
  

Evaluation
Image acquisition and reporting
Semi-automatic measurements
  

Axio Imager.M2p

LED – Fixed-Koehler illumination transmitted-light
Convenience motorization: par-focality, condenser
Encoded nosepiece
Motorized z-drive with 25 nm step size
  

Transmitted-light beam path with motorized luminous field stop
Reflected-light beam path
TFT
Apotome 3
LSM (entry level)
2- and 3-plate scanning stages
  

Evaluation
Image acquisition and reporting
Fast routine work
  

Axio Imager.M2

Universal stand transmitted-light
Motorized: luminous field stop
Light manager
Contrast manager
Motorized z-drive with 25nm step size
  

Reflected-light beam path
ACR for objectives
Apotome 3
2- und 3-plate scanning stages  
2 TV tube motorized

  

Automatic image acquisition & analysis
3D Imaging
Medium sample throughput
Multi-user environment
  

Axio Imager.Z2

High-performance stand trans-mitted-light
Motorized: luminous field stop
Light manager
Contrast manager
Motorized focus drive:
- 10 nm step size
- designed for loads up to max. 9 kg
- designed for continuous operation

Reflected-light beam path
ACR for objectives and filter cubes
Apotome 3
2- and 3-plate scanning stages LSM
  

Automatic image acquisition & analysis
Certified image acquisition and archiving (CFR 21 part 11)
3D imaging
DIC fluorescence imaging  
Confocal imaging
High sample throughput
Multi-user environment
  

Downloads

    • Product Flyer - ZEISS Axio Imager 2

      Your Upright Research Microscope for Advanced Imaging

      File size: 2 MB
    • ZEISS Microscope Bundle for Optical Sectioning

      Creating crisp sections of thick samples with ease

      File size: 808 KB
    • ZEISS Microscope Bundle for Screening Applications

      Fast acquisition and evaluation of large areas

      File size: 935 KB
    • Your microscopes for your biomedical laboratory.

      Your microscopes for increased efficiency in the lab.

      File size: 9 MB
    • ZEISS Axio Imager

      Detailed imaging of exceptionally preserved microfossils to track events in early animal evolution

      File size: 1 MB

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