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Thanks for the replies! For the moment I used some electrical tape and the condenser fitted tightly inside the ring base. It cannot reach it's lowest height of it's travel, because it bumps on the light fixture, but it can travel all the way up the underside of the slide. I don't suppose that there ...

I just got a Lomo condenser for my microscope described above, but I have a slight-I hope- problem. The condenser has 36,5 mm diameter, whereas the holder ring has 38 mm diameter, so even if I tighten the screw, the ring still cannot hold the condenser in place. So, there is a difference of 1-1,5 mm...

I appreciate your help.

Hello and thanks for your helping tips. I have a few more questions: - My condenser sleeve is approximately 38 mm in diameter (as I measured it with a caliper), having a pin screw that constricts it for mounting the condenser, so I reckon that I have a 37mm condenser sleeve, right? - At the highest ...

Hello, this is my first post in the forum. I have a Ernst Leitz Wetzlar microscope with the number 566090 in it's label (beside its brand) and I am missing it's condenser/diaphragm set. There is a ring-base under the stage and above the illuminator, whose height is adjusted via a knob. The ring base...