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Special Deals on Optics!

Great 48-Hour Specials!!!

We are in a kind of Summer Doldrums. It's hot and people just want to keep cool. To fight that trend, we are going to have a series of 48-hour specials. This will start now and go to the end of Summer. New items will be put on this short sale each day from Monday to Saturday. So check every day to see what is REAL cheap for a short time.. Some of these are one-of-a-kind items. Sales on these are good for either the 48-hour period or until sold out.

Super 48-Hour Special - Until September 1

Model zPix 200 Digital Microscope - 1.3 Megapixels
Zoom Microscope from 26X to 130X

More than 4 Times the Pixels of the Older zPix

Carson Optical - Top Quality Optics

Bonus of 3 additional prepared slides and blank slides provided for a limited time


Photos Taken with Carson Optical Digital Microscope


Whole mount - small fly

Fly leg mount

Cyclops - small Crustaceans

Cross section of Round Worm - Human Parasite
The Carson Optical zPix 200 provides a resolution of 1280 X 1024 pixels (1.3 Megapixels) and up to 1600 X 1200 by interpolation. This microscope has a ring of LEDs at the bottom to allow even illumination of your specimens. You can use with slides on the slide holder base or use just by putting the scope over an object you wish to magnify. There is a 5X optical zoom that provides magnifications from 26X to 130X. Because you can use direct contact, you can take close-up photos of small objects such as gemstones, leaves, insects, and other nature/scientific subjects.

Please Note: The older model of this microscope that has been advertised elsewhere on eBay gives only about 1/4 of this resolution with 640 X 480 pixels (0.3 Megapixels). While the older version is still currently available, we thought that our customers would prefer the higher resolution of this model.

This digital microscope uses USB 2.0 (or 1.1). Software is provided for both Windows version 98SE or later and Mac OS X version 10.4 or later. The USB cable on this microscope plugs right into the USB 2.0 (or 1.1) port on your computer.

As a bonus for our customers, we will provide the following additional accessories for a limited time:

  • Prepared slides - 4 prepared slides (bonus of 3 additional)
  • Blank slides - 10 slides (bonus of 7 additional)
  • Cover Slips - bonus of 10
  • Forceps
  • Eyedropper
  • Software
  • USB Cable
  • Detailed Written Manual - 58 pages (English)
The bonus prepared slides that are provided include the top 2 above and 2 others. Additional prepared slides, including others shown in the photos, are available as an option. The bottom 2 prepared slides shown in the photographs are not included but are available as an option.

Shipping cost within the United States for this microscope would be $8 by priority mail. Please send us an email for postage outside the US.

Digital microscope - 26X to 130X - High Resolution (1.3 MP)

Price Only: $64.95. (Normally $89.95)

Super 48-Hour Special - Until August 30.

2X Surplus Meade Barlow
New 48-Hour Super Special - on Meade Barlow.
  We were able to find a limited number of Meade barlows at surplus. These are new products with Meade quality but are inexpensive because of the surplus source. Buy now and save while these are on our 48-hour special page.

This barlow model is a short form and will work fine in all telescopes. The achromatic lens used in this product has a good anti-reflection coating. This lens is housed in a light plastic case. While this barlow is inexpensive because it was purchased surplus, it was manufactured to Meade quality standards.

Remember that this price is only good for 48-Hours
Super Sale Price $8.49
(Only a few left in stock)
 

Other Great Sales


| GREAT PRODUCT! |

Fantastic Refractor Lens Assembly - 155 mm (6.1 inches) Diameter
(5 Elements in 2 Assemblies) f/2.0 to f/3.25
Main Assembly contains an ED Lanthanum Element

FULLY MULTI-COATED - Used but in excellent condition.

Make a dream refractor - 300 to 500 focal length and 260 mm long.
This came from a government camera lens costing thousands!

Consider this a fairly easy telescope construction project.

APO Lens Set
Refractor Lens has two assemblies. One is a 155 mm air-spaced triplet lens with an ED Lanthanum element.
The second is a 85 mm corrector lens. All lenses fully multi-coated.

The 155 mm assembly makes a 190 mm focal length
(f/1.25) refractor by itself. This objective assembly
has 3
air-spaced elements including an ED element.

The second assembly in this refractor optics gives a final system of 310 mm to 500 mm focal length
(f/2 to f/3.25)

Side view of lens assemblies
Side view of refractor assemblies
These lens assemblies came from a government camera that cost thousands to produce. This will make a dream, fast refractor at 6.1 inches (155 mm) and f/3.25 to f/2.0. All elements are fully multi-coated. One of the elements is an ED Lanthanum lens.

There are only a VERY few of these available. As they say, when they are gone, they are gone. These elements are packed with care and sent to you with suggested spacing for several different focal ratios.

The main  lens element itself will make a fantastic f/1.25  scope. Use that for a real fast CCD camera element. With the corrector, you get a high quality, and still a very fast, f/2.0 to f/3.25 refractor. These assemblies produce 300 to 500 mm focal length. Because of the corrector element, the total length of the refractor itself is only 250 mm long or a little longer.

This is a fast lens system that will make a great deep-sky telescope and "rich field" scope. Would take fantastic deep-sky photos!
To construct this telescope you need to provide a tube and supports for the two assemblies. You also will need to support these assemblies in such a way that they can be aligned the first time. You need a refractor focus mount. The resulting job is much easier than grinding a mirror, but not a trivial job. A 6 inch refractor is usually difficult to mount, but the short tube length makes this fairly easy.

Contrast in very important to bring out faint deep-sky features and fine detail. This refractor has advanced multi-coated optics and the ED element in the triplet.

Shipping by mail on this item within the US is $15.95. We do not plan to ship these outside the United States. Email us about to discuss this if you wish.
6 Inch Refractor Lens System
Price Only: $259.95.

 


People have missed this special!

This is an absolutely fantastic group of binoculars! For some reason these are being missed. These new Emperor binoculars have replaced the great Event series that we have carried for a while. These are probably the best pair of binoculars for birding/field/hunting you can buy for under $400 and they are priced less than $150! You will be bragging about these. Don't tell them the price you paid. Everyone will be VERY impressed.


Rugged Binoculars (with Phase Corrected Prisms) for Nature/Bird Study.
These Konus binoculars have everything you could expect in a high-end pair of binoculars except for the price. These are waterproof (water resistant), rugged, and have Phase Corrected BAK-4 prisms - a high point in advanced binocular technology. They meet or exceed almost everything on the market including those with MUCH higher prices.

The eye relief is very long, and the field of view is super wide. These are purged with dry nitrogen and O-ring sealed to make them water, fog, and frost free.

SALE PRICE!!

20X80 at Great Price!
Giant Binoculars 20X80 - New Model.
These are listed at a great price. It also is our policy to test and certify every pair of binoculars that leave our shop.

These binoculars have BAK-7 prisms and good anti-reflection coatings. Such heavy and powerful binoculars should normally be used on a tripod. A sturdy binocular adapter is included with these binoculars.

SALE PRICE: $69.95!!
Although our cost on these has gone up 20%, we have kept
the new price as low as possible - STILL LOW.
GREAT SALE PRICE!!

Giant Binoculars 20X60 - New Model.
These are listed at a fantastic price. It also is our policy to test and certify every pair of binoculars that leave our shop.

These binoculars have BAK-7 prisms and good anti-reflection coatings. Such heavy and powerful binoculars should normally be used on a tripod. A sturdy binocular adapter is included with these binoculars.

SALE PRICE: $38.95!!
Although our cost on these has gone up 20%, we have kept
the new price as low as possible - STILL LOW.
100X Objective
Microscope Objective 100X Oil Immersion.
  We have an great price on an excellent 100X oil immersion objective. This will give you up to 2000X using a 20X microscope eyepiece (1000X with a 10X eyepiece.

You would be very pleased with the quality of these. At our prices these can be used for home schooling as well as college and high school laboratories.

SALE PRICE: $36.95!!

View of entire scope

Check out our great price on a
VERY well equipped Konus reflector!
We believe you will be very happy with these scopes!


Last Updated August 30, 2010