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Hi there I'm looking for Phase Contrast sliders for a Jenamed 2 if you have any
Thank you very much for your time

Hi Guys just to say this is resolved the and scope is now performing just great - it was the binocular head unit after all - alignment so I was send another head unit and it's bang-on!

Thanks Bob, I'll have a read, quality looks to be top tier from what I can gather.

Hi Nick, I don't have a Jenalab but I have used one shortly and had a very good impression from it. It has 25mm wide field optics which can be a big plus if you like and need it. A member of our group bought one new when they became cheaper due to production changes and he wouldn't have spend this ...

Hi Guys I'm considering this as a new toy could I please have some opinions on quality and application for diatoms? Are the older ones better and if so which and why? Many thanks! https://www.edanco.com/microscopes/9-planachromatic-jenalab-microscope-carl-zeiss-jena.html?search_query=jenalab&results=1

Hobbyst46 wrote:I believe you folks are aware that pointing a laser or even a laser pointer through the microscope or its accessories should be done with great care, to avoid accidental reflections and refractions hitting the eyes.

I certainly value my eyesight more than my microscope

I have something called a Glatter Laser Collimator with a target diffraction grating so I may try that. I think in this case it's just a matter of adding a shim and checking a full frame image with stretched histogram to see if the field is being made uneven by this lens.

On Android used image shrink app. Here goes. Wedge B controls where swing out lens C lands. Screw A seems to act as a "stop" to park the lens in position D. Lens holder C is tilted. (F is the underside of the field iris). As you can see in position E the screw is already screwed in as far in as poss...

I had also seen those images and just had a closer look at them. On the back of the lens is a brighter one and a fainter one and the look like a filament as you say. They are perfectly aligned vertically, like I aligned them on the back of a chair with the lamphouse away from the microscope and the...

1) I have a 402a condenser and use it with Leitz Phaco 160mm objectives. Could be the annuli in yours are different, but I suspect the 160mm tube length phase objectives will work. 2) A plain (not phase) fluorite or apo objective might be what you look for in a next lens. Not sure phase contrast im...

Believe it or not, this is the exact same process I struggled with on my Orthoplan. I have the same lamp house and frosted lens. I tried tracing paper to no avail too because of the frosted lens. First I projected the image on the wall using a slide, but then I realised that when I introduced the sw...

Hi Guys few questions as I get to grip with my Leitz Orthoplan... I have an 0.90 NA 402a Achromatic condenser, with Phaco positions "DF",1,2,3 are all full. Position "H" and one other with centering adjusters remain empty. It has a swing out top with no threads on it so I don't think tops are interc...

Thanks Guys I'm going to check this out, I only checked the binocular head by widening the eyepiece holders and checking for image shift - there was none I could see. How do I correct for misalignment of the head if it's seated correctly? I hadn't thought of that...

best Nick

Hi there, need some advice... I have a Nikon SMZ-U which seems to function OK however the "axis of zoom" is offset about a 5th off from the centre of the eyepiece field of view, closer to 12 o'clock position, instead of being dead centre. To put it another way, if I zoom in on a speck dead centre in...

Hi Guys, I recently acquired a used Nikon SMZ-U on eBay and want to get proficient in imaging with it. Got a few technical questions as it may (or may not) have issues, so I thought I'd better join up and start asking...!
Thanks, Nick