MACROSCOPE portable microscopes are designed to fill the need for superior image quality in simple, cost effective configurations for application in research, production, quality control or wherever superior image quality is essential. MACROSCOPE portable microscopes represent a significant departure from current day trends towards more sophistication and more elaborate features. Instead, they offer a simple, basic design and an ease of use not found in today's laboratory microscopes but without compromising optical or mechanical quality. MACROSCOPE 25X and MACROSCOPE 45X Power Units. Both units produce images superior to most laboratory instruments in resolution, contrast, brightness and field of view but at only a fraction of the cost. Both units incorporate a calibrated measuring reticle providing precise measurements of objects being viewed.

MACROSCOPE 25X is a fixed magnification unit that provides 25X magnification and is ideal for insect identification in turfgrass environments.  The MACROSCOPE 25X offers a 1/4 inch or 6mm field of view.

Images produced by both units are positional correct, making it easier to locate the precise area of interest. This is especially helpful under difficult circumstances or for the inexperienced user.

A by-product of the simpler mechanical design is portability. All three units can be used not only in the field but also for in-place observation of specific portions of large or immovable objects such as, a bridge girder, an aircraft wing or cement structure, etc., without the need for destructive sampling for laboratory analysis.

Applications for the units are diversified and numerous. Archeology, botany, entomology, forensics, geology, horticulture, numismatics and philately, quality control and textiles are just a few of the disciplines that can benefit from the use of MACROSCOPE portable microscopes.

The MACROSCOPE has been show to be very effective in diagnosing Asian Soybean Rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi).  Asian Soybean Rust is a fungal disease that can quickly defoliate soybean plants and reduce pod set, pod fill, seed quality and yield.  The Macroscope is also an excellent way to diagnose Citrus Greening, also called Huanglongbing or Yellow Dragon Disease, one of the more serious diseases of citrus. This bacterial disease is thought to have originated in China and is spread by Asian Citrus Psyllid Diaphorina Citri and the Asian Citrus Psyllid.  The Macroscope 45X is also useful in identifying Cryptic or Silverleaf Whitefly, (Bemisia Tabaci) Species Q vs B.