The AmScope ME1400T inverted metallurgical trinocular microscope has a pair of 10x20mm super-widefield high-eyepoint eyepieces, a 10x20mm measuring eyepiece, a quintuple nosepiece with four DIN metallurgical objectives, episcopic Brightfield and polarizing halogen illumination, a polarizing condenser, and a double-layer mechanical stage with a stage stop to protect slides and objectives from damage. The trinocular viewing head has a vertical camera mount, a Siedentopf binocular head to adjust interpupillary distance, a fixed 45-degree vertical inclination to reduce eye and neck strain. The vertical trinocular port has a 100% light-splitting rate and can be used as a 23mm photo port (camera sold separately). The Siedentopf head has a range of 55 to 75mm to accommodate individual eye differences, and bilateral dioptric adjustment to accommodate individual eye-strength differences. A Siedentopf binocular head enables the viewer to change the interpupillary distance without changing the tube length, eliminating the need to re-focus the image. The microscope has a pair of 10x high-eyepoint super-widefield eyepieces, and one 10x high-eyepoint super-widefield eyepiece. The 10x measuring eyepiece can be used in place of one WF10x20mm eyepiece and has a built-in reticle and micrometer with 0.1mm graduations. High-eyepoint objectives ease viewing for viewers who wear glasses. The microscope has a forward-facing quintuple nosepiece and includes 4x, 10x, 20x, and 40x DIN metallurgical objectives that combine with the eyepieces to provide color correction of magnified images. A metallurgical microscope uses transmitted and reflected light to view opaque or metallic specimens, or larger specimens that cannot be viewed on a standard microscope stage.

The microscope has reflected and transmitted episcopic Brightfield and polarizing illumination. Polarizing illumination reflects light off the specimen for enhanced visibility of opaque specimens. Brightfi