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I have an Olympus CH30 microscope with a trinocular head. Unfortunately I have been unable to take pictures with it using the trinocular imaging eyepiece as I could find a cheap secondhand Olympus Phototube. So I decided to adapt some of my imaging equipment from my astronomy hobby. I had a Meade ey...

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Hi All

Can anyone that has a CH40 or CH30 trinocular microscope please post some close up photos and part numbers (if possible) for the phototube that will allow a canon eos to take pics through either of these microscopes.

Thnx

Joe

Hi all

I made a few permanent slides of some tiny freshwater shrimps using L&C water based mountant but have found as the mountant is drying lots of tiny air bubbles have appeared some near the specimen but lots well away from the specimen
Has anyone had these issues and how was it resolved?

So can they be used to view tiny insects.minerals, plants
I have a 100x Mplan ,any possible use for it.?

Cheers

Joe

Hi all

I’d like to get your opinion on olympus MPLAN objectives.
I have a few , can they be used for viewing biological protzoa
I know these were designed for metalurgical microscopy
Has anyone used them?

Joe

Thanks for the welcome folks
I will post a pic of my microscopes soon.
Seems people where I live have been dumping their vintage microscopes .
I keep finding one at the local recycle center !!!!!

Hi All The name is Joe Perulero and I have several old microscopes Leitz brand and a few other brands I picked up over the years. My late father bought me a tasco 1000X microscope kit when I was 14 years old and I was amazed at what I saw. It consumed me over the school holidays and beyond. I am als...