ZEISS Primostar 3

Your robust yet compact microscope for

digital teaching and routine lab work.

ZEISS Primostar 3

Last updated: 01-2021

ZEISS Primostar 3
Your robust yet compact microscope for digital teaching and
routine lab work.
Corylus avallana in brightfield, magnification: 40×
In the classroom or in the routine lab, you need reliable
­microscopes that can take a lot of wear and tear. After all,
you and your colleagues or students will be working long
hours, often in cramped spaces. You need microscopes
that will pay back your investment with smooth operation –
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Rabbit tongue, taste buds in phase contrast, m
­ agnification: 40×
­day-to-day and year in, year out. Primostar 3 packs all of that
into its sturdy metal frame. Yet this robust light microscope is
also designed for maximum ease of use. For both productive
learning and efficient lab work, students and staff alike will be
free from the very beginning to focus on the essentials.
Choose from pre-defined packages for teaching or routine lab
work and get the precise microscope configuration you need
for the tasks at hand. Each microscope comes pre-installed so
it’s ready to work right out of the box – that’s genuine plug
in and play performance. And when you want to take your
teaching online or connect your labs on a network, it’s easier
than ever before with Labscope, the free imaging app from
ZEISS.
Primostar 3 is your reliable partner in microscopy – today and
in years to come.
• Choose the best configuration for your tasks at hand from a
number of pre-defined packages. A selection of objectives
is already included.
• Plug in and start focusing on your work with the Fixed-
Köhler Primostar 3. Or train and learn the Köhler set-up
with Primostar 3 Full-Köhler packages.
• Transmitted light brightfield, darkfield, simple polariza-
tion, phase contrast and fluorescence contrast are contrast
techniques of choice. Just choose what your application
asked for.
• Be ready to teach digital natives in a digital classroom with
Primostar 3 HDcam.
• Benefit from the integrated 8.3 MPx HD with numerous
interfaces for your flexible setup in your training courses
­environment (USB 3.0, HDMI, Ethernet, Wi-Fi compatible).
• Use free of charge Labscope App on your Windows PC or
iOS device. Create images, movies, share your results with
your peers and get ready for your first annotations.
• Connect your microscope into a network and save time for
teaching by seeing into each and every microscope simulta-
neously. Labscope makes this possible.
• Primostar 3 shows the intensity of the illumination on the
stand. This makes it easier for users to check their illumina-
tion intensity, and teachers can keep an eye on all of the
microscopes in the classroom.
• Benefit from an extended warranty up to five years.

Created for Your Applications

• You examine stained tissue sections using brightfield or
fluorescent contrast. You look at unstained specimens with
phase contrast. You analyze extremely fine structures such
as diatoms using darkfield.
• As a botanist, you examine cross sections of plant stems.
• You examine tissue sections and blood smears from
anatomy, pathology, hematology, and zoology to record
symptoms.
• You examine cultivated plants for phytopathogenic agents
or pests, or you track the development of illnesses and the
course of diseases.
• You investigate the morphology of bacteria cells such as
Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Micrococcus
luteus and Escherichia coli.

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 Not all products are available in every country. Use of products for medical diagnostic, therapeutic or treatment purposes may be limited by local regulations. Contact your local ZEISS representative for more information.
Tailored Precisely to Your Applications

Package Overview

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Do you want to use the microscope in a lab (FOV 22 mm with a plus in comfort) or in a basic lecture hall?
Would you like to teach the Köhler illumination method, or do you prefer an adjustment free fixed-Köhler version (FOV 20 mm) that is as easy to use as possible?

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Adjustment free and easy-to-use fixed-Köhler models (FOV 20 mm)?
Do you want to document your work or results with camera?
Full-Köhler models for education and / or laboratory use
(FOV 22 mm)?
A plus in comfort with ergo-stage drive, double slider holder,
light manager, Eco mode, 5-times nosepiece. Which con-

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trasting technique would you like to work with?

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No need for camera Camera and documentation is a Brightfield Phase contrast with phototube
No need for now and for the future must. Choose between integrated WiFi contrast with Do you like to work with Ph sliders or
camera or go for camera-adaptation phototube with turret condenser?

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Basic package Basic package Package with Package with Package with Package with Package with Package with
with objectives with objectives objectives espe- ­integrated WiFi phototube to phototube to Abbe condenser, Turret condenser,
4×, 10×, 40× 4×, 10×, 40×, cially designed Axiocam 208 adapt camera adapt camera with objective with objective
100× Oil for coverglass color, with now or in now or in future, 4×, 10×, 40× Ph2 4×, 10×, 40× Ph2
free applications: objectives: future,with with objectives
D = 0 4×, 10×, 4×, 10×, 40× objectives: 4×, 10×, 40×
40×, 100× Oil 4×, 10×, 40×

Package Package Package Digital Classroom Trino package Package Package Package
415501-0001-000 415501-0081-000 415501-0061-000 package 415501-0011-000 415501-0041-000 415501-0021-000 415501-0031-000
415501-0071-000

Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH

07745 Jena, Germany
microscopy@zeiss.com
www.zeiss.com/primostar