Leeds Micro

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 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 […]

TAGARNO Appoints Leeds as Exclusive US Distributor for Forensic Microscopes

March 2023 ― TAGARNO announced a new, exclusive distributor for its general purpose forensic microscopes throughout the USA — Leeds!  With headquarters in Minneapolis, MN, Leeds Precision Instruments, Inc. has been manufacturing quality forensic comparison microscopes and imaging systems since 2000. “We’re excited to bring the line of TAGARNO digital microscopes to our forensic customers,” […]