Discover Leeds Discovery firearms and toolmarks comparison microscope!
Built with Zeiss optics, it provides the largest primary magnification range available to firearms examiners in today’s marketplace. ERGONOMICS: · Ergonomic placement and design of low-profile XY stage and focus controls minimize repetitive hand-over-wrist motions. · Wrist pads allow for more comfortable wrist placement on edge of table. · The table design permits the […]
Meet the Trace-Z Comparison Microscope
You’ll find our TRACE-Z comparison microscope a powerful tool in for forensic science and other science disciplines that analyze the critical comparison of small/trace specimens — such as hair, fibers, paint chips, plant matter and soil. The Trace-Z offers a unique, 23mm field of view — the largest field of view available in the […]
Evofinder® Automated Ballistic Identification System
The Evofinder® Automated Ballistic Identification system is a scanning device that generates digital images (in both 2D and 3D) of bullets and cartridge cases for examination, comparison, and correlative searches within existing databases. Evofinder®’s 4-motor mechanics provides high-quality recording of bullets — including heavily deformed ones — and uses a universal cassette to mount and orient […]
Leeds N-IRC: Near-Infrared Stereo Microscope with color Camera & Software Kit
The Leeds N-IRC near-infrared (N-IR) and white light imaging kit provides a single CCD color camera yielding real time, high contrast, visible light (color) and N-IR images. Leeds N-IRC kit is ideal for forensic examiners using IR imaging for the location, analysis, and documentation of blood spatter and gun shot residue. The Leeds N-IRC […]
Leeds to Exhibit at 2024 Conferences
Leeds Forensic Systems will exhibit at industry conferences this year with working microscope systems. Come see a demo! LCF3 Firearms & Toolmarks Comparison Microscope has am integrated pair of zoom-based macro bodies, providing 16:1 zoom ratios; parcentric & parfocal opticals; and 14 matched magnification positions in the zoom ratio of 6x – 102x. Evofinder is a […]
NEW! 6-Button Tactile Controller
Leeds now offers a tactile alternative to the touchpad controller for adjusting table height, column height, and control of fluorescent lighting on Leeds LCF and Discovery comparison microscope systems. It’s a 6-button controller, only 5″ x 3.75″ x 7/8″, Read all about it:
Got Backlog? Leeds Can Help!
The Leeds Evofinder Automated Ballistics ID System processes images of bullets and cartridge cases in as little as 4 minutes (from receipt of sample to correlation results!) Let the Evofinder help you reduce your backlog. See it work!
New Firearms Identification Lab in Hillsborough County FL
Hillsborough County (Florida) Sheriff’s Office opened a new firearms identification lab in January 2023. They describe it as a “game changer” in their quest to break the cycle of gun violence, and as an “express lane on the highway for our own evidence.” Before the lab opened, all the shell casings, bullets and guns taken […]
2023 UCO Scholarship Recipients
Since 2018, Leeds has sponsored two scholarships awarded by the University of Central Oklahoma Forensic Science Institute to two individuals studying forensic science. Leeds is very proud to support this outstanding program and these rising forensic scientists. We believe the future of this industry is bright and these students are carving their own paths towards […]
FY 2023 Paul Coverdell Grant Program Accepting Applications
The Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement grants program is now open and accepting applications, due 5/24/2023. With this solicitation, the Bureau of Justice Assistance seeks applications for funding to improve forensic science and medical examiner/coroner services, including services provided by forensic science laboratories operated by states and units of local government. Under the Coverdell […]