Thanks for that Rene, and thanks for your comments regarding sticking with a series of objectives. But that having been said, how do you identify a series... ...
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ventreacle
Apr 1, 2006 11:25 am
Hi again, In a recent post I mentioned a recently purchased Olympus E, including a 0.9 condenser with swing-out Whilst testing the 40x lens I noticed an...
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rvanwezel
Apr 1, 2006 12:09 pm
... Hope not, not suppose to be anyway. Yeast is round and colourless. Wine contains up to 1% of tartrate (normally .65%), which I had precipetating in my...
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rvanwezel
Apr 1, 2006 12:17 pm
Well, if the oil is inbetween lenses, and it's swing out, get the oil away with filterpaper moistened with cleaning petrol. Try to use as little as possible....
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garbel@...
garybcanton
Apr 1, 2006 1:35 pm
Hello, Currently I have a no-name basic microscope. I have duck pond across the street from me and I have started looking at water samples. Most of the...
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Gary Slaten
gslaten
Apr 1, 2006 3:01 pm
Hi, You might want to download a copy of OPTICAL MICROSCOPY by Davidson and Abramowitz, available as a pdf download from this page if you don't already have...
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Steve Neeley
psneeley2003
Apr 1, 2006 3:03 pm
A Phase Contrast scope will do BF just fine -- also DF. You don't need a BF condenser in addition to the Phase Condenser, nor do you need BF objectives in...
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COURYHOUSE@...
couryhousesmecc
Apr 1, 2006 3:38 pm
and.. a very nice site it is! Hi, You might want to download a copy of OPTICAL MICROSCOPY by Davidson and Abramowitz, available as a pdf download from this...
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bingo_theclowno
Apr 1, 2006 6:35 pm
If you belonged to one of the other groups to which I subscribe you'd be thrown out at once. D -- Dr E D F Williams www.kolumbus.fi/mimosa/ ...
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too_many_tools
Apr 1, 2006 7:11 pm
I recently saw a Nikon microscope on Ebay that I had not seen before.... http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Nikon-Inverted-Microscope-Model-M-Must- ...
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Gordon Couger
gcouger
Apr 1, 2006 7:18 pm
Dear Jonathan, Sticking with one brand of microscope, eyepieces an stands will reduce the problems you face. But as you note it doesn't eliminate them. Unless...
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Gregg Kleinberg
microscopeman1
Apr 1, 2006 7:21 pm
TMT, That is a pretty rare Phase Inverted Tissue Culture microscope from Nikon. Note the date on the ammeter at 1964 - mid 1960's would indeed have been my ...
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garbel
garybcanton
Apr 1, 2006 7:45 pm
Thanks for the reply Steve .. it was very informative. It makes more sense now since in the description it said: BF, DF and Phase 1 through 3. Regards, Gary...
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david barriball
david225418
Apr 1, 2006 8:04 pm
Hello When mounting heavy residue minerals what mounting media (RI) to use Canada balsam or something different Thanks David [Non-text portions of this message...
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too_many_tools
Apr 1, 2006 9:45 pm
Over the years I have seen wooden drawer inserts for the Zeiss microscope lines. I would assume that they were made for the Ultraphot and the Universal...
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Gregg Kleinberg
microscopeman1
Apr 1, 2006 9:53 pm
Hey TMT, Many optics were packaged as "kits" in fitted wooden boxes, and this practice was common for all the major manufacturers: Zeiss, Leitz, Reichert, ...
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Gordon Couger
gcouger
Apr 1, 2006 10:29 pm
David, What do you mean by heavy residue minerals? Most minerals (rocks) are mounted in epoxy or other hard resin that are going to be viewed as thin sections...
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stanayers
Apr 2, 2006 12:00 am
I've seen a number of posts on aligning binoc heads, mostly saying run away, don't do it, not worth it, etc. This is the sort of encouragement I can't ignore,...
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Aaron
nghy_1
Apr 2, 2006 4:15 am
Hi David, The answer is that Zeiss did not make that item. There are itermediate pol bodies and Optovars but no combinations. As a paractical matter, while I...
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Aaron
nghy_1
Apr 2, 2006 4:23 am
Hi, That is a complete transmitted light DIC setup. Although it was used on the Universal series it will also work on the Standard Series. The slide is not a...
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Aaron
nghy_1
Apr 2, 2006 4:31 am
Hi Don, Zeiss made two different turret condensers, one has positions I,II,III,and IV plus phase Contrast 2 and 3. Another condenser has positions I,II,and...
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david barriball
david225418
Apr 2, 2006 5:57 am
Hi Gordon The heavy residue you get from river deposits by panning David ... From: Gordon Couger To: Microscope@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006...
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Gordon Couger
gcouger
Apr 2, 2006 8:30 am
If you mount them whole in the field both epoxy are norland 0 are easy to use. In every case try a few sidles of subjects & materials in the lab matching...
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rvanwezel
Apr 2, 2006 10:05 am
Nope, Aaron, you have been mistaken. For some stupid reason ZEiss decided to use same indicators on the sliders and the condenser prisms. For another reason...
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rvanwezel
Apr 2, 2006 10:07 am
But I could be wrong and there are differences in the prisms in the condenser (sorry, read your message to quickly.) Anybody able to shed light on this???? ...
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rvanwezel
Apr 2, 2006 10:52 am
I suppose Jonathan is now seriously overloaded with information. A couple of points to focus his attention: The new scopes from the bigfour (Zeiss, Leica,...
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rvanwezel
Apr 2, 2006 11:03 am
To clarify Gordon's comments, I think Kevin pointed out that optical tubelength between Leitz 160 and 170 mm lenses is (nearly) identical, indeed Leitz...
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rvanwezel
Apr 2, 2006 6:25 pm
Guys, I found a link to an old story that made quite an impression on me at the time. Enjoy, if you have any time left to spare... ...
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Gordon Couger
gcouger
Apr 2, 2006 7:01 pm
Correction ... Should Norland 60 not norland o Gordon ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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freshwater_life
Apr 2, 2006 7:35 pm
I recently acquired an unusual Leitz microscope objective which has the following engraved on its barrel; 160/0.17 NPL FLUOTAR 100/1.32 OEL PHACO2 RK All of...
